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NARRATIVE 


OF THE 

SIEGE AND CAPTURE 

OF 

BHURTPORE, 

* 

IN THE PROVINCE OF AGRA, UPPER HINDOOSTAN, 

BY THE FORCES UNDER THE COMMAND OF 

HIS EXCELLENCY 

GENERAL THE RIGHT HONORABLE 

LORD COMBERMERE, 

G. C. B. &c. &c. &c. 

IN THE LATTER END OF 1825, AND BEGINNING OF 1826. 


By J. N. CREIGHTON, Esq. 

Captain hth reg. light dragoons. 


LONDON: 

PRINTED FOR THE AUTHOR: 

SOLD BY PARBURY, ALLEN AND CO. LEADENHALL-STREET; EGERTON, WHITEHALL; 
AND SIMPKIN AND MARSHALL, STATIONERS’-COURT. 


1830. 





* 



B. M'MILLAN, PRINTER, BOW-STREET, COVENT-GARDEN, 
Printer in Ordinary to His Majesty. 


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TO 

THE ARMY 

SERVING BEFORE BHURTPORE, 

THE FOLLOWING PAGES ARE DEDICATED, 

BY THEIR 

OBEDIENT SERVANT, 

J. N. CREIGHTON. 


/ 


PREFACE. 


History would indeed be left imperfect, were the recognitions 
of the Journalist limited to the narrow boundary of his own 
individual vision. Of acts or exploits diversified no less in their 
performance than in their combinations, much that is essential to 
minute description, must necessarily be accepted or collected from 
the observation of others. In the execution of this Work, therefore, 
I have not vainly flattered myself with the hope of commendation 
beyond that which pertains to integrity of relation, in reference 
to such data as have fallen within my reach. With respect to 
auxiliary information, such only has been adopted, as could safely 
be relied on for its accuracy. This will, I trust, be verified in 
the detail of Operations in the Trenches, and in the Occurrences 
of the 10th, 23rd, and 27th December, 1825. To two kind 
Friends, whose situation afforded them ample means of knowing 
what took place on the morning of the Storm (18th January, 
1826), I am indebted for valuable intelligence; of the authenticity 
of which, as indeed of all other sources to which I have had 
recourse, it becomes me to assert my thorough conviction. 



viii 


PREFACE. 


Having said thus much, I have little else to offer of a pre¬ 
fatory nature. The Work being professedly of the class of 
Compilation, its degree of merit must be adjudged in the ratio 
of its verity. I am not aware that any part demands apology; 
and am only anxious that it should be received by my Friends 
with the goodwill which may excuse or overlook any little dis¬ 
crepancy in its style or method—and by the Public without 
critical asperity, especially when, in respectfully tendering it, 
they shall be told that it is the production of a plain, uncourtly 
Soldier, actuated by no possible motive to mislead, but, on the 
contrary, by a strong desire to gratify his Reader. 

The accompanying Plans, I have reason to believe, are 
correct. 


Cawnpore, July 1826. 


CONTENTS 


INTRODUCTION, 

pp. ix—xxiii. 


Page 

Brief Topographical Notice of Bhurtpore ix & x 
Review of Two Treaties with the Rajah, 

in 1803 and 1805 .. x 

Death of Buldeo Singh, and Accession of 

his Son...xii & xiii 

Revolution in the Government, 1825, and 

interference of the British Commissioner xiii 


Page 

Death of Major-Gen. Sir David Ochterlony xviii 
Proclamation issued by Sir Chas. Metcalfe, 


Bart. Nov. 1825 . xviii 

Retrospective Glance at the Siege of Bhurt¬ 
pore in 1805. xx 

Tribute to the Memory of Lord Lake . xxiii 


JOURNAL OF THE SIEGE, 

CONDUCTED BY HIS EXCELLENCY LORD COMBERMERE, IN 1825, 1826, 

pp. 1—48. 


Page 


Order of Movement of the severalBrigades, 

from Agra to Bhurtpore ... 2 

Movement to cut off the Water from the 

Ditches . 5 

Disposition of the Forces. 5—9 

Statement of the Artillery . 9 

Reported numerical Strength of the Garrison 10 
Lord Combermere offers Protection to the 

Women and Children in the Garrison ... 12 

Occupation of Buldeo Singh’s Garden, and 

narrow Escape of Gen. Reynell . 13 

The first Parallel formed, and Batteries 

opened. 14, 15 

Fortunate Escape of Lord Combermere, 
from an Enemy’s Gun pointed by an 

English Deserter . 17 

Corps under the Command of Brigadier- 

General Sleigh . 18 

Escape of a Party of the Enemy’s Horse 19 

Captains Chambers and Palmer severely 

wounded. 22 


Page 


Effective execution of the large Guns, and 

of the Battery commanded by Maj. Whish 22, 23 
Lieut. Tindale killed by a cannon-shot ... 24 

Barbarity of the Enemy—Conflagrations in 

the Town . 24 

Storming Parties formed—Enemy attack 

our Trenches .. 25,26 

Effect of a Mine on the Curtain . 26, 27 

The Whistler (an Enemy’s Gun) silenced 27 

Reason for delaying the Assault . 27 

An instance of Bravery in a Native . 28 

Overture made by Doorjun Saul. 28 

Slight Alteration in the Storming Party ... 28 

Destruction of Ammunition by the blowing- 

up of a Tumbril. 29 

Distinguished Conduct of a Party of Skin¬ 
ner’s Horse . 29 

A Sally prevented—-An Enemy’s Mine dis¬ 
covered, and blown in. 30 

Sketch of English Batteries and Enemy’s 
Outwork. 31 


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CONTENTS. 


Page 

Capt. Taylor severely wounded in mistake 

by Europeans . 33 

The Volunteers, relieved, return to their 

Lines . 33 

A short suspension of Operations .. 34 

Successful Blowing of the Grand Mine ... 34 

Disposition of the Forces on the Morning 

of the Assault . 35 

Assault commenced on the Springing of the 
Angle Mine charged with 10,000 lbs. of 

powder .. 37 

The Ramparts taken, and entire Surrender 

of Town and Fort . 37 

Capture of Doorjun Saul and Family by 

Lieut. Barber . 38 

THE STORM . 39 

The Right Column, the Main Column, and 
Column of Reserve—their respective 

Strength and Commanders . 39 

Signal for Assault—Explosion of Mine— 

500 of the Enemy blown up. 40 

Officers Wounded—momentary hesitation 

—bold advance . 40 

Right Column surmounted the Jungeenah 

Breach . 40 

Escalade by the European Regiment . 40 

Gallantry of 14th Foot, and Bravery of the 

Enemy . 40, 41 


Page 


Possession of the Walls completed—Gopaul- 

ghur carried. 41 

Desperate Conflict near the Jungeenah Gate 41 
Major George Hunter—and the 41st Reg. ... 41 
The Troops inspired by the Example of Major- 

General Reynell . 41 

Enemy refuse Quarter—British Officers dis¬ 
tinguished . 42 

Effectual Efforts of an intermediate Column ... 42 

The Left Column, and its Reserve—their re¬ 
spective Strength and Commanders . 42 

Assault of the Agra Gate, and of the Breach— 

Gen. Edwards and Capt. Pitman killed—a 

furious encounter. 43 

Perilous duty of two Squadrons 11th Dragoons 43 
6000 of the Enemy killed in about an hour ... 44 

The Fall of the Fortress. 44 

The able Dispositions of the Commander-in- 

Chief. 44 

Two striking Occurrences . 44 

Surrender of the Citadel, and Entry of the 

British Commander-in-Chief. 45 

The Rajah formally installed. 45 

Destruction of the Works—Review of the 
Troops—and Departure of Lord Comber- 
mere . 46 


CONCLUSION—Situation of the Country at the breaking out of Hostilities—Burmese War— 
Disaffection of Native Princes, and of petty Chiefs—Lord Amherst’s Administration—his 
pacific Disposition compared with that of Lord Minto—great Praise due to Lord Hastings as 
well as to Lord Amherst—The Conduct and Character of the Troops... 46—48 


NOTES. 

Stipulations of certain Treaties arising out of the foregoing Events 

Chiefs, &c. of the Principality leagued with the Usurper . 

Officers and Regiments present at this as well as the former Siege . 
Short Account of Three Deserters, and their Punishment . 


49 

50 
50 
52 
































APPENDIX, 



Commander-in-Chief and his Staff—Generals Commanding Divisions and Brigades—Regimental and 
Medical Staff—with States of the respective Corps, 

pp. 57—79. 


Page 

State of Horse-Artillery, and List of European 


Officers . 61 

- H. M. 11th Light Dragoons. 62 

• H. M. 16th Lancers . 6,3 

■ 3rd Light Cavalry. 64 

■ 4th ditto .. 64 

• 6th ditto . 65 

- 8th ditto . 65 

• 9 th ditto . 66 

■10th ditto . 66 

■ Foot-Artillery . 67 


Engineers, and Sappers and Pioneers 68 


Page 


State of H. M. 14th Regiment . 69 

- H. M. 59th ditto . 70 

- H. C. European Regiment . 71 

- 6th Regiment Native Infantry ,. 71 

- 11th & 15th ditto 72 

- 18th & 21st ditto 73 

- 23rd & 31st ditto 74 

- 32nd & 33rd ditto 75 

- 35th & 36th ditto 76 

- 37tli & 41st ditto 77 

- 58 th & 60th ditto 78 

- 63rd ditto 79 


II. 


General Orders, and Field General Orders, by His Excellency the Commander-in-Chief, 
From 1st December, 1825, to 19th January, 1826, 

pp. 80—110. 

III. 

His Excellency the Commander-in-Chief’s Despatches to the Governor-General, 
With several Letters from Officers in Command, 

pp. 111—133. 

[In the above Correspondence will be found Returns of the Casualties, and of the Ordnance captured.] 


Thanks to the Army, pp. 134—144 


IV. 

. Distribution of the Prize Money, pp. 144—150, 


AN ABRIDGED ACCOUNT OF THE SIEGE OF BHURTPORE BY LORD LAKE, IN 1805, 

pp. 151—168. 



















































LIST OF PLATES, 

AND 

DIRECTIONS FOR PLACING THEM. 


Plate 


ERRATA. 

Page 67, State of the Foot Artillery: in the Casualties, read Killed 9—Wounded 19. 

- 68. The Author, not having access to the Returns of the strength of the Engineers, Sappers, and 

Pioneers, gives the latter two in round numbers. The Casualties of the whole were, seven 
killed, and sixty-nine wounded. 

--114, line 11, for 68th N. Infantry, read 60th. 

-- 119, far 11th Reg. Light Cavalry, read 10th. 

-- 126, for 10th Reg. Light Cavalry, read 8th. 


1. Jhauts of Cavalry and Infantry, in their Military Costume ... to face Title. 

2. Fortress of Bhurtpore. to face p. 1 of Narrative. 

3. Investment of Bhurtpore ..«.. 37 

4. Sketch of N. E. Angle, or Gopaulghur Division of Bhurtpore 14 

5. N. E. Angle Bastion. 40 

6. Long-necked Bastion . 42 

7. Sketch of the Citadel of Bhurtpore . 45 

8. Brass Gun taken at Bhurtpore .... 145 


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INTRODUCTION. 


As the Topography of Bhurtpore is very minutely given by several 
recent Travellers, in works adapted to readers of all classes, we shall, 
in repeating that it is a Fortified Town in the Province of Agra, 
28 miles W.N.W. from that City, Lat. 27.13 N., Long. 77.13 E., 
have said nearly all that the nature of our undertaking requires. 

The Rajah of Bhurtpore is one of the principal Chieftains of 
the Tribe of Jhauts; and possesses considerable territory, and several 
Forts in its vicinity. 

The Town, miserably dirty and irregular, is much enlarged since 
the time of Lord Lake’s attack*; a great portion of the land on that 
face where his Lordship’s Batteries (to the westward) were established, 

* The following is Lord Lake’s description, in his Correspondence with the Governor-General: 

“ Bhurtpore is a Town of great extent, every where strongly fortified. A mud wall of great height 
and thickness, and a very wide and deep ditch, every where surround it. The Fort is situated at its 
eastern extremity, and is of a square figure. One side of that square overlooks the country; the 
remaining three sides are within the Town. It occupies a situation that appears more elevated than the 
Town ; and its walls are said to be higher, and its ditch of greater width and deepness. The circum¬ 
ference of both Town and Fort is upwards of eight miles, and their walls in all that extent are flanked 
with bastions at short distances, on which are mounted a very numerous Artillery. 

“ This place derives a considerable degree of its strength from the great quantity of water which 
its situation enables it to command. Its ditch being filled with this, presents an obstacle very difficult 
to be overcome. A large expanse of water on the north-west side of Bhurtpore, disappeared suddenly 
on the arrival of my Army; and I afterwards discovered, that the whole of this had been admitted into 
the ditch by which the Fort and Town are surrounded.” 

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INTRODUCTION. 


having been included. The Fortifications are, or rather were, for¬ 
midable in the extreme; the walls, composed of mud supported and 
combined by large logs of wood, being of an amazing breadth. There 
are few really good houses in the Town itself; but the Citadel has a 
handsome Palace and Zenanah, and other houses that may be termed 
respectable. The Citadel has a very broad and beautiful wet ditch 
on three sides; but this becomes narrower towards the north-west. 
Of its population it would be difficult to speak. Carrying on a large 
traffic in salt, &c. the place was wealthy, and therefore doubtless well 
peopled at all times. At the period of the late Siege, it is scarcely 
beyond the mark, to estimate the number of its inhabitants, of all 
descriptions, at 100,000. 

To put the Reader in possession of certain facts connected with 
the political history of Bhurtpore during the present century, as well 
as to shew the eventual connexion of former Negotiations with those 
which led to the fall of this celebrated Fortress, it will be necessary 
to take a short review of two Treaties concluded by Lord Lake with 
Runjeet Singh. 

By the first, dated 9th October, 1803, the Rajah was exonerated 
from the heavy tribute he had annually been compelled to pay to the 
Mahratta States, and his future security and independence made to 
rest on the solid foundation of British power. An enlargement of 
territory, and an increase of wealth, likewise sprung out of this 
alliance, and constituted the rewards of the early attachment he had 
manifested to the cause of the British Government. 

The ceding to him large tracts of country adjoining to the 



INTRODUCTION. 


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territories of Bhurtpore, conquered from Dowlut Rao Sciodeah, of an 
extent and value equal to one third part of his ancient possessions, was 
the gratuitous aot of the British Government. The obligations of 
gratitude were, therefore, added to those of interest and faith, to give 
permanence to the Alliance into which the Rajah had entered. But 
in 1804 it was discovered that the Rajah was taking so decided a part 
with the Enemies of the British Government, in defiance of this Treaty, 
as to leave it no longer possible to preserve a pacific line of conduct 
towards him * Early in 1805, Lord Lake sat down before Bhurtpore. 
His Lordship’s failure in the Siege is well known: it however led to 
a cessation of Hostilities, and terminated in a Peace. 

By this second Treaty, dated 17th April, 1805, former conditions of 
friendship were renewed, but under stipulations calculated to ensure a 
stricter performance of them on the part of the Rajah; who agreed, for 
security of their fulfilment, that one of his Sons should constantly 
remain as a Hostage with the Officer commanding the British Forces 
in Upper Hindostan, until such time as our Government should be 
perfectly satisfied with his (the Rajah’s) sincerity and faith; on the 
establishment of which, it was conditioned that the Fortress of Deeg, 
which had fallen by Assault, should be restored. 

Agreeably to the terms of this Pacification, the Rajah engaged 


* Of Runjeet Singh, Lord Lake, in a secret Official to the Marquess Wellesley (August 1804) 
thus speaks: 

“ From the meeting I had with Runjeet Singh in Camp, and from common report, I am inclined 
to believe that his character is by no means of that daring stamp, as to induce him readily to pursue 
measures so fraught with danger as his present conduct would appear to indicate. His son Koer Rund- 
here Singh, who is also in my Camp, is equally indolent and devoid of ability.” His Lordship, however, 
goes on to state, that the people who possessed their confidence, were of a description likely, from the 
desperate condition of their fortunes, to advise the most violent measures. 

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INTRODUCTION. 


to assist the British Government against all invaders; and not to 
receive, without its sanction, any Europeans into his service*. 

By another article, the Supreme Government guaranteed to the 
Rajah the possession of his Territory against all external and internal 
enemies; and it was stipulated, that in case of any misunderstanding 
between the Rajah and his Chiefs, the matter should be submitted for 
decision to the British Authorities; when, if negotiation failed, the 
Rajah was authorized to call for succour from his European Ally. 
Such was, in its general tenor, the purport of that arrangement which 
for twenty years remained uninterrupted. 


About the month of August, 1824, Buldeo Singh, the then 
Rajah, finding his death at hand, and being anxious to secure a 
peaceable Succession to his SouBulwunt Singh, whose youth exposed 
him to intrigue on the part of his relations, applied to the British 
Government for a Khelat, or Dress of Investiturei\ This request was 
urgently supported by the late Sir David Ochterlony, in whose hands, 
as Civil Commissioner, was placed the supervision of our interests in 
this quarter. The expence attending the ceremony, it was contended, 
bore no comparison with its political importance; it was sanctioned 
by precedent, in regard to former Rajahs; and was calculated to 
obviate those dissensions, and curb those turbulencies, of which it 

* This latter clause was invariably attached to all Lord Wellesley’s Treaties, and considered by his 
Government as indispensable. 

t KMlat is a present of ceremony, differing according to the rank of the person on whom it is 
bestowed, and on particular occasions implying, investiture. The Khei&t usually contains, with other 
things, the articles of a complete dress. 





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xiii 


seems there had been some manifestation during the period of Buldeo 
Singh’s accession. 

The utility of the measure was readily admitted ; but it was con¬ 
sidered as imperative, that the paramount State, before committing 
itself, should have undoubted evidence of the right of Succession. 
Accordingly, on proof being shewn that Bulwunt Singh was the Son 
and Heir-apparent of Buldeo, no impediment remained to obstruct 
the proceeding. The tender age of the Boy rendering it probable that 
a disposition might be evinced to set aside his claim, Sir David Och- 
terlony, on his return from Jeypore to Delhi, performed the ceremony 
in August (same year). Shortly after this event, Buldeo Singh died. 

It does not appear that any thing occurred from the period of the 
Investiture, up to March 1825, which called for the interference of 
the British Government; but at this time, Sir David received intelli¬ 
gence, that a Revolution had been effected; that the Regent Mother, 
and also the Uncle of the Rajah, had been attacked by Doorjun 
Saul; the Uncle murdered,—many lives lost,—and the Boy seized 
by the Usurper. The Revolution appears to have been conducted 
with skill, secrecy, and dispatch; but there was no popular manifes¬ 
tation of the Jhauts at large against the Rajah. It was considered, 
however, by Sir David, expedient to draw together such an Army as 
should enforce the claim of Bulwunt Singh, and prove the acknow¬ 
ledgment of the British Government to his Succession. 

Whilst this Army was collecting, Sir D. Ochterlony attempted 
to bring over as many partisans as possible from those within the 
place; and he accordingly issued a Proclamation to the well-disposed 


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INTRODUCTION. 


and peaceable Bhurtporeans. The Troops were immediately collected 
under Major-General Reynell; and Sir David proposed to augment 
them by as many Corps as he could safely draw from his own 
division. 

The Usurper, on seizing the power of the State, forbade his 
Vakeels (Ambassadors) to report the circumstance to Sir David; 
pretending it had occurred without his sanction. Finding, however, 
that it had transpired, and that the General had taken measures for 
punishing the Insurgents, Saul deemed it advisable to send Vakeels, 
who met the General at Muttra, whither he had advanced, in his progress 
to Bhurtpore. By these, Sir David was assured that Doorjun Saul 
had nothing to do with the Revolution; and that it was brought 
about even against his inclination and positive orders. To this it was 
replied, that it was impossible such an occurrence could have resulted 
without the knowledge of Doorjun Saul ; that the Jhauts would not 
have employed mercenaries to redress their own grievances; that it 
was the province of Doorjun to have reported to Sir David on the 
instant; and that if Ram Ruttun, during his short Regency, had 
been guilty of such frequent instances of oppression, the door was open 
for redress, by proper remonstrance to him, as the constituted authority 
for interference on such occasions. Beyond all, that the disturbances 
themselves gave no title to Doorjun Saul. 

The claims of the Vakeels proceeded to the “right of Doorjun 
Saul to the Guddie.” From this point they were soon driven; and 
after attempting to maintain it, on an alleged Testamentary Document, 
in which it was pretended Buldeo Singh had named the Usurper as 
his Successor, they reverted to his claim for the Regency. The 



INTRODUCTION. 


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Vakeels observed, that all that their master desired was, that Sir 
David should take upon himself the office of Arbitrator, and decide 
according to justice. They were reminded, that Doorjun Saul and 
the others had offered their Nuzzurs* on the succession of Bulwunt; 
that the influence of Doorjun might have prevented the murder of 
Ram Ruttun; and it was out of all question, that the British Govern¬ 
ment should desert either its principles, or the Prince whom it was 
bound by every tie to support; and equally improbable, it would ever 
be brought to recognize, in any authoritative shape, one who, if not 
aocessary, had at least consented to the murder of that man whom it 
had in the faith of its Treaty appointed Regent during the minority. 

The conference terminated in the Vakeels expressing their hope 
that there would be no haste of decision. But Sir David, aware of 
the character of those with whom he was dealing, and readily pene¬ 
trating the flimsy pretences under which they aimed at delay, in order 
to increase their strength, trusted only to the rapid movement and 
early appearance of a Military Force, for the return of implicit 
obedience. 

Sir David’s Letters and Proclamations were returned unopened, 
and a report actively circulated (to which no credence was given by 
the British Agent), that the Rajah of Alwar had encouraged the 
Revolutionists, and promised them his support. In opposition to this, 
the prevalent belief was, that his Thakoors (Chiefs of his Tribe) 
would prevent the Alwar Rajah from affording any aid. 

Negotiations continued without producing any thing definite, 


A congratulatory acknowledgment of right, in the tender of money, &c. as usual in Hindostan. 


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INTRODUCTION. 


and it was intimated to the Vakeels by the Commissioner, that he 
dreaded the displeasure of his Government for listening to them 
so long, or even at all. Whether or not under this apprehension, 
Sir David demanded that Doorjun Saul should address a Letter to 
the Governor-General, declaring on oath, that he would be faithful to 
the Rajah ; that he was neither directly or indirectly concerned in the 
murder of Ram Ruttun; that he relinquished all desire of interference 
in the Administration; and would conduct himself accordingly. 

The latter clause of the demand was extremely unpalatable to 
the Vakeels, who asked if Sir David would receive a Khuriatah 
from Doorjun? As it was apprehended this would be considered 
equivalent to an acknowledgment of his power, it was declined; and 
the General’s answer forwarded to Bhurtpore. 

On the 16th April, 1825, a Vakeel waited on the General, with 
a positive declaration, that Doorjun was inclined to make the required 
concessions ; and that he was ready, on assurance of safety*, to repair 
to Sir David’s Camp, and take the Rajah with him. The accuracy 
of Sir David’s intelligence (for which indeed he was proverbially cele¬ 
brated), induced him to doubt the truth of these assertions; and he 
affected to appear indifferent to the coming in of Doorjun Saul ; but 
as it was of great importance to secure the person of Bulwunt Singh, 
Sir David gave assurances of safety to Doorjun, although he (Sir 
David) stated his belief that the latter was unable by any measure, 

* By this is meant, security of passage to and fro, and from treachery of all kinds. The custom is 
purely native, and admirably explanatory of the general policy of the people. 


INTRODUCTION. 


xvii 


in the present state of things, to control the Insurgents, who, under 
command of his younger Brother, Mad’hoo Singh*, held the Fortress 
in possession. Sir David also added, that if Doorjun chose to attend, 
he should, on placing the Rajah in security, be at liberty to return, even 
if the negotiation did not take an amicable turn; that in consideration 
of this act, he (Sir David) would recommend him to the favourable 
notice of the Governor-General, whom it would probably pacify, as 
being demonstrative of Doorjun’s sincerity. Sir David was not 
insensible to the advantage of having the Usurper and the Prince in 
his power and protection, and calculated that the Insurgents would 
be distracted and disheartened by the loss of their Leader. 

About this period, Sir David Ochterlony received accredited 
intelligence, that the Alwar people were utterly dismayed at the 
preparations in forwardness for the Bombardment of Bhurtpore; and 
that, so far from assisting the Rebels, they were desirous of (complying 
with all Sir David’s demands, and of furthering his views, by collecting 
grain, &c. for the Troops under his command. 

Whilst matters were in this state, Sir David Ochterlony received 
those orders which led to the recal of the Force he had assembled, 
and consequently to the cessation of immediate Hostilities against 
Bhurtpore. 


* Mad’hoo Singh is full Brother to the Usurper, and first Cousin to Rajah Bulwunt Singh. After 
the fall of Bhurtpore, he came into Camp, and was taken by the Resident to Delhi, on a stipend 
afforded him by the British Government for his life. 


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xviii 


INTRODUCTION. 


During the short period of tranquillity that ensued, the history 
of British India was clouded with the loss of her most distinguished 
Soldier, in the person of Major-General Sir David Ochterlony ; a 
man eminently gifted with military and diplomatic talent; equally 
qualified to shine in every sphere ; and in whom were conjoined in an 
uncommon degree, firmness, temper, judgment, and activity. Those 
who knew him in the less busy scenes of private life, were devoted to 
his person; those who knew him only by his fame, were equally 
attached to the character of a Soldier who had stamped much of his 
own ardent and gallant enthusiasm on the Army of which he was a 
member. His Virtues are embalmed in the remembrance of his 
Friends; and his Triumphs have immortalized him in the remi¬ 
niscence of an applauding and admiring Public, confirmed by the 
grateful expression of the Government he zealously and ably served. 

But to resume.—Towards the close of the year (1825) the Go¬ 
vernment feeling itself impelled to protect the legitimate Heir, the 
following Proclamation was issued by Sir Charles Metcalfe, Bart, 
(the Successor of Sir David Ochterlony), Resident of Delhi, and 
Representative of the British Government. 

(CIRCULAR). 

“ Maha Raja Runjeet Singh, the Rajah of Bhurtpore, at his death left four 
Sons: first, Rundheer Singh; second, Buldeo Singh; third, Luchmun Singh; 
fourth, Pertie Singh. Rundheer Singh succeeded as Rajah, and died without issue. 
The second Brother, Buldeo Singh, next succeeded to the Principality, according 
to right, and without opposition: he left an only Son, Maha Raja Bulwunt 
Singh, the present Rajah, who succeeded his Father, and during his Father’s 
•lifetime was invested with the Khelat of Succession in the presence of the late Sir 
David Ochterlony, Bart, the Representative of the-British Government. After the 





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death of Maha Raja Buldeo Singh, Kour Doorjun Sal, the Son of Luchmun 
Singh, usurped the Principality, and assumed the power, rank and titles of the 
Rajah. 

“ The interference of the British Government became necessary and indis¬ 
pensable, for the protection of the rights of the lawful Rajah, Maha Raja Bulwunt 
Singh. 

“ Kour Doorjun Sal pretends unjustly, that the Principality belongs to 
him, on the ground, that it was the intention of the Rajah Rundheer Singh to have 
adopted him as his Son; but as Rajah Rundheer Singh did not actually adopt him, 
the alleged intention, whether it did or did not exist, cannot confer any just claim. 
The British Government has therefore called on Doorjun Sal to surrender the 
Principality to the lawful Rajah, and to retire, on a suitable provision, into the 
British Dominions, under a guarantee from the British Government for all his 
rights, present or future. If he persists in opposition to these proposals, the British 
Government must perform its duty. 

(Signed) “ C. T. Metcalfe, 

“ Resident. 

“ Delhi Residency, 

“ 25th Nov. 1825.” 

In this document the Reader sees, reduced to a focus, the Causes 
of the War. Of its issue, as far as our Arms were concerned, every 
intelligent and unprejudiced mind entertained the most favourable 
opinion. The time was now come to effect a thorough change in the 
political character and relation of these Chiefs; such a change, as 
should secure our Government against any possibility of farther oppo¬ 
sition or interruption from them*. That the measure was one of 
imperious necessity, is alone evident from the fact, that the purposes 
of the Usurper remained unshaken, even after the warning he might 
have taken from the appearance of the first Army; conscious as he 

* In a Note at the end of the Narrative, some account is given of the Advisers and Coadjutors of 
Doorjun Saul. 


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INTRODUCTION. 


must have been, that his assumed authority rested solely on vague 
pretensions, directly opposed to every law, divine and human. 


Before proceeding with the main design of the present Work, it 
may be worth while to take a retrospective glance at the former Siege, 
in 1805, when our efforts were unattended by success, and the 
Government had to deplore the loss of nearly 5000 men. 

Amongst the events which have characterized the progress of our 
Arms in British India, the first Siege of Bhurtpore stands pre-eminent 
in misfortune. The failure of the Attack, under a Commander who 
had, with this single exception, been uniformly successful, gave the 
place an importance in the eyes of the Natives, which induced a belief 
that it was impregnable. It was deemed to be under peculiar, and 
saintly protection; and every native tongue predicted inevitable defeat 
to those who should dare its strength. Fallacious as were these 
notions, their germination and maturity were alike rapid, and, by 
spreading, assumed an influence almost equipollent to realization. It 
was natural therefore for those whose interests were endangered, to 
argue, that if victories were elsewhere obtained, Bhurtpore was the 
grand stand-by, the very Palladium of native authority and inde¬ 
pendence, and, until a successful assault should wipe away the 
memory of former disaster, nothing effectual, comparatively, could be 
said to be done. 

But whatever show of plausibility there may be in this reasoning, 
(which we are not inclined to controvert) the peculiar disadvantages 
under which the first Siege was attempted, should never be overlooked. 





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Lord Lake may be said to have been as much besieged, as besieging. 
He had not only to attack a place, then sufficiently formidable, 
but to face, at the same time, an active and enterprising Enemy 
in his rear; to secure, by the detachment of a large portion of his 
force, the regular arrival of his supplies; and to invest a Town, to 
which, even double the number of his Army , in its real strength, would 
have been barely adequate. Notwithstanding all this, his attacks 
were reiterated; and never for a moment did the spirit of his gallant 
Troops desert them, shattered as they w T ere by the fatigues and casu¬ 
alties of a recent and arduous War. At the time when his columns 
moved down to the Attack, he was obliged to face about for the 
protection of his own Lines; and it may without exaggeration be said, 
that he was constantly fighting two battles, offensive and defensive! 
Yet, such was the impression he made, that Victory invariably 
attended his efforts on the Plains; and such the terror he created, 
that he compelled the Garrison of the Fort to submit to terms 
dictated by himself! The wonder is, not that he did not do more— 
but that, with such means, he effected so much! Lord Lake had 
under his command, when he sat down before Bhurtpore, eight 
Regiments of Cavalry, and eleven of Infantry. Of these, several had 
suffered severely in the Campaign of 1803; at the Storming of Ally- 
ghur; in the Battle of Delhi; the Assault on Agra; and the Combat 
of Laswarie. Others again, had in 1804 lost their main strength in 
the disastrous retreat of Colonel Monson, and at the Battle and 
Assault of Deeg. 

A Writer who details these operations, and whose authority has 
remained unquestioned, fixes the effective number of Troops at 2400 


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INTRODUCTION. 


Cavalry, and 6400 Infantry—a force totally incompetent to the mere 
investiture, as Bhurtpore then stood. It might naturally be sup¬ 
posed that this deficiency was compensated by an overwhelming 
proportion of Artillery. Yet we learn with astonishment, that his 
Lordship’s power in this arm, was limited to Six iron battering Guns, 
and Eight brass Mortars, of no considerable calibre!!! (It will pre¬ 
sently be seen, how different was the style of equipment and prepa¬ 
ration in the Siege of 1825-6). The Writer who has recorded the 
foregoing particulars, adds, that his Lordship was actually obliged to 
withdraw the establishment from the Field Guns to man his Batteries! 
and that the Engineer department consisted of only three Officers, to 
whom were attached three Companies of Pioneers! After several 
attempts had miscarried, his Lordship was joined by General Jones 
(Detachment of the Bombay Army), at the head of 700 Europeans, 
and 2400 Cavalry and Infantry. To these were opposed the myriads 
of Holkar and Ameer Khan, and the very numerous Garrison of the 
place itself. 

Fault has been found with Lord Lake, and by able judges; but, 
surely, without a sufficiently candid and deliberate consideration of all 
the concomitant circumstances of his arduous enterprise. His Lord- 
ship, in performance of a given duty, attacked a place with means so 
every way unequal, that for our part, notwithstanding the vivid 
irradiation of recent successes forcibly pressing on our mind’s eye— 
in the volition of feeling we hardly know which preponderates, our 
wonder or our admiration, at his having so long and well maintained 
his ground, as to dictate a Peace, manifesting no less the clemency 
than the supremacy of the British Government. 



INTRODUCTION. 


xxiii 


It may here be permitted to pay a just tribute to the memory of 
a gallant and idolized Soldier,—one who carried the triumph of our 
Arms to an unparalleled pitch of exaltation, and made no pause till 
he had successively overthrown every resisting Power. By him were 
subdued the Armies of Scindia, under Perron and Louis;—by him 
was Holkar utterly discomfited, and insulted Majesty rescued;—and 
by him were closed those Treaties which bound all our Enemies to 
our interests. If one failure shaded this brilliant career, let the 
insuperable difficulties attending it be remembered ; and, above all, 
let the result be reflected upon. 

Many a gallant course will be run, and forgotten ;—three aeras* 
have already become distinguished;—but ages must elapse, before 
the Natives of India can forget the Victories of Lake*!*, and the 
Soldiers of the Anglo-Indian Army lose sight of that love and devotion 
which his very Name inspires. 


I shall here close this introductory portion of my Narrative by 
remarking, that for a long time subsequently to the period just spoken 
of, the same inefficiency of means marked our military efforts, and 
Camona but too successfully resisted them. It was reserved for Lord 
Hastings to introduce a more extended mode of warfare ; and if any 
thing could have warned the People of India, their lesson might have 
been read in the very summary kind of procedure which put us in 
possession of Hattrass. 

* The fall of Hattrass, and expulsion of the Pindaries,—the Burmah War,—the fall of Bhurtpore. 
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When the Army took the Field under Major-General Sir David 
Ochterlony, Bart. His Excellency Sir Edward Paget held 
the Chief Command in India. In the interval between its return 
to Quarters and its re-assembling, that Officer had been super¬ 
seded by the arrival of His Excellency Lord Combermere; to 
whom, personally, was intrusted the guidance of those measures 
which terminated in the complete attainment of Biiurtpore. 

On His Excellency Lord Combermere’s reaching Agra, 
on the 1st of December, 1825, he found there the 1st Brigade 
of Cavalry, and the 2nd Division of Infantry, respectively com¬ 
manded by Major-General Nicoles, and Brigadier Murray ; 
Major-General Reynell having the control until Lord Com- 
bermere's arrival. His Lordship having remained there four 
days, and inspected the Troops, proceeded with his Staff, on the 
night of the 4th December, by Dawk, for Muttra, where he 
arrived early next morning. On the 6th, His Lordship inspected 
the 2nd Division of Cavalry, under Brigadier Childers, the 
Brigade of Horse-Artillery attached, together with Skinner's 
Irregular Horse; the whole under the orders of Brigadier-General 
Sleigh. The following morning, His Excellency inspected the 

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1st Division of Infantry, consisting of three Brigades, under 
Major-General Reyn eli/s proper command. The entire of 
these Forces appeared to great advantage. 

The several Brigades were ordered to move from their 
positions on the morning of the 9th, towards Bhurtpore, in 
the following order: 

From Agra , 

Under Major-General Jasper Nicolls, C. B. 

1st Brigade of Cavalry, 

Brigadier Murray, C. B. Commanding. 

H. M. 16th Lancers, commanded by Major Perse. 

H. C. 6th Light Cavalry, . Lieut.-Colonel Becher. 

8th ditto ditto, . Lieut.-Colonel Gall. 

9th ditto ditto, . Captain Chambers. 

2nd Division Infantry. 

3rd Brigade, 

Brigadier-General Edwards Commanding. 

H. M.59th Foot, commanded by Major Fuller. 

H. C. 11th Regt. N. Infantry, commanded by Lieut.-Colonel Price. 

31st ditto ditto, . Lieut.-Colonel Baddeley. 

2nd Brigade of Infantry, 

Brigadier-General Adams, C. B. Commanding. 

H. C. 33rd Regt. N. Infantry, commanded by Lieut.-Colonel Faithful!. 

36th ditto ditto, . Lieut.-Colonel Lefevre. 

37th ditto ditto, . Major Kennett. 

6th Brigade Infantry, 

Brigadier Fagan Commanding. 

H. C. 15th Regt. N. Infantry, commanded by Captain Hawthorn. 

21st ditto ditto, . . Major Ward. 

35th ditto ditto, . Lieut.-Col. Blackney. 









SIEGE OF BHURTPORE. 


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Horse-Artillery attached to the 1st Brigade Cavalry, 

Major Whish, Commanding. 

2nd Troop, 1st Brigade, commanded by Captain Roberts. 

1st Troop, 2nd Brigade, . Captain Hyde. 

Foot Artillery attached to the 2nd Division Infantry, 
Lieutenant-Colonel Parker Commanding. 

4th Troop, 2nd Brigade Horse-Artillery, commanded by Capt. Farrington. 
Experimental Brigade, commanded by Captain Curphey. 

From Muttra, 

Under Major-General Thomas Reyn ell, C. B. 

2nd Brigade Cavalry, 

Brigadier Childers Commanding. 

H. M. 11th Light Dragoons, commanded by Major B. J. Smith. 

H. C. 3rd Light Cavalry, . Lieut.-Colonel Tombs. 

4th ditto ditto, . Lieut.-Colonel Harper. 

10th ditto ditto, . Major D. Stuart. 

1st Division Infantry. 

1st Brigade, 

Brigadier-General M'Combe Commanding. 

H. M. 14th Foot, commanded by Brevet-Major Everard. 

H. C. 23rd Regt. N. Infantry, commanded by Lieut.-Colonel Nation. 

63rd ditto ditto, . Lieut.-Colonel Cooper. 

4th Brigade, 

Brigadier Whitehead Commanding. 

N. Infantry, commanded by Lieut.-Colonel Starling. 

ditto, . Major George Hunter. 

ditto, . Lieut.-Colonel Delamain. 

5th Brigade, 

Brigadier Paton, C. B. Commanding. 

H. C. 6th Regt. N. Infantry, commanded by Lieut.-Colonel Pepper. 

18th ditto ditto, . Major Davis. 

60th ditto ditto, ....... Lieut.-Colonel Bowyer. 

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41st ditto 
58th ditto 















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Horse-Artillery attached to the 2nd Brigade Cavalry, 
Lieutenant-Colonel Stark Commanding. 

2nd Troop, 2nd Brigade, commanded by Captain Blake. 

1st Troop, 3rd Brigade, . Captain Wood. 

Foot-Artillery attached to the 1st Division Infantry, 
Lieutenant-Colonel Biggs Commanding. 

4th Troop, 3rd Brigade, commanded by Captain Campbell. 

Light Field Battery, . Captain Pew. 

The whole of the Horse-Artillery commanded by Brigadier Clement Brown. 
2nd Brigade, commanded by Lieut.-Colonel Stark. 

1st Brigade, . Major Whish. 

3rd Brigade, . Captain J. Scott. 

Brigadiers of Foot-Artillery : 

Brigadier M‘Leod, C. B., Commanding. 

Brigadier Hetzler, C. B. 

The Cavalry, Horse-Artillery, and Infantry, started a day 
in advance, with the exception of a Brigade of Infantry and 
proportion of Cavalry, left to escort the Foot-Artillery, which 
moved on two successive days in separate divisions. 


On the morning of the 10th December, His Excellency 
detached a strong force from the Muttra Troops, under Major- 
General Reynell and Brigadier-General Sleigh, consisting of a 
troop of Horse-Artillery, two squadrons H. M. 11th Dragoons, 
the 4th N. Cavalry, and Skinners Irregular Horse; two com- 







SIEGE OF BHURTPORE. 


5 


panies H. M. 14th Foot, and a regiment of N. Infantry, with a 
proportion of Sappers and Miners, to take possession of a strong 
post which the Enemy held, at the Jheel Bund*, to the north¬ 
west of the Fort. The object of this movement was to cut off 
the water from the ditches, which was intrusted to Lieut. Irvine 
of the Engineers, who accomplished it with great tact, and ren¬ 
dered a very important service, by stopping the inundation, which 
would not only have filled the outer ditches of the place, but 
have laid under water a large portion of the country immediately 
surrounding it. The Enemy was quickly dispersed, and General 
Reynell made an advantageous movement to his left. As the 
Army advanced, the inhabitants deserted the circumjacent villages, 
and fled for refuge to Bhurtpore, Biana, Deig, Bullumghur, 
Weir, Khombeer, &c. The Advance drew down a heavy but 
ineffectual fire from the Enemy, and his Lordship occupied the 
ground to the left of the Jheel Bund ; the right resting on the 
banks of the Jheel, the left on the village of Noh; where it was 
joined by the Agra Division, which extended itself on the left to 
Mallye, of which village it had not yet assumed occupation. On 
the approach of Major-General Nicolls’ Division, a portion of it 
made a corresponding movement toward the Jheel Bund, which 

* A water-course that supplied the outer ditches; and very fortunately the 
channel was rendered useless by our early arrival; of which the consequence was, 
that the ditches were nearly dry. Eight hours more would have filled them, and. 
rendered our labours proportionally severe. 


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was attended by similar success. The following is a copy of 
Brigadier Murray's Dispatch : 

“ 10th Dec . 1825. 

“ Sir, 

“ I have the honor to report, for the information of Major- 
General Nicolls, that, in obedience to his command, I proceeded this 
morning to make reconnoissance on the Fortress of Bhurtpore, with four 
squadrons of H. M. 16th Lancers, under the command of Major Persse; 
four squadrons 6th Light Cavalry, under the command of Lieutenant- 
Colonel Becher; four squadrons 8th Light Cavalry, under the command of 
Lieutenant-Colonel Gall; a troop of Horse Artillery, under Major Whish; 
and a detachment of Colonel Skinner’s Horse, under Major W. Fraser*;— 
the whole forming the Advance Guard. On advancing in the vicinity of the 
Bund, which I was directed to examine, on the north side of the Fortress 
I discerned an Encampment of the Enemy’s cavalry, and likewise saw a 
village in my front was occupied by his piquet. I directed Colonel 
Skinner’s Horse, under Major Fraser, and the flankers of the column 
under Captain Luard, H. M. 16th Lancers, to make a flank movement; 
by which they intercepted and cut up about 900 of the Enemy’s cavalry, 
before they could reach an outwork in which the greater proportion of 
them took refuge. Two supporting squadrons, H. M. 16th Lancers, and 
the 6th Light Cavalry, under Lieutenant-Colonel Becher, attacked a small 
village which the Enemy had taken possession of, and where several of the 
cavalry were cut up. At this time the guns of the Fortress opened a heavy 
fire upon the force, but without doing much mischief. 

“ I have the honor to state, that none of the Enemy’s cavalry seemed 
disposed to surrender; on the contrary, when surrounded, shewed great 
determination, and made resistance. Although a petty affair of this kind 
deserves but little attention, I must beg to report, that I derived great 
assistance from the intelligence and zeal of Major Fraser; and that the 
conduct of the body of Colonel Skinner’s Horse was exemplary. After the 
affair of the Enemy’s cavalry, I proceeded with Major Fraser and Lieutenant 
Robb, Deputy Assistant Quarter-Master General, to examine the Bund. 
I was molested by small parties of the Enemy’s infantry; but upon dis- 


* Of the Bengal Civil Service ; Second Member of the Board of Revenue in the Western Provinces. 



SIEGE OF BHURTPORE. 


7 


mounting some of Colonel Skinner’s Horse, and skirmishing through a 
small wood, I was enabled to ascertain, both by the reports of Major 
Fraser and Lieutenant Robb, that the Bund had been cut in two places, 
one of which had not been quite completed. I beg I may be allowed 
to express my approbation of the several assistances I received from 
Lieutenant Robb, and Captain Harris, my Major of Brigade. 

“ I have the Honor to be, 

“ &c. &c. &c. 

(Signed) “ G. H. Murray, Brigadier. 

“ To Captain D. D. Anderson, 

Assistant Adjutant-General.” 

Having thus far succeeded, his Lordship determined to 
encamp on the ground he occupied, and disposed his Troops for 
the complete investment of the place; but even at this early 
period, with eighteen battalions, eight regiments of cavalry, and 
Skinner’s Horse, it was found to be barely practicable. It was 
at once decided to cortimence operations the instant the materiel 
arrived from Agra and Muttra: in fact, there was no time to be 
lost, or left unimproved, the Enemy being very actively employed 
in repairing and strengthening all his positions and fortifications. 
Sir C. T. Metcalfe having moved from Muttra with the Head¬ 
quarter Camp, Vakeels attended him from the Fort, with a view 
to protract by a show of negotiation; but this piece of finesse 
was not for a moment suffered to interrupt the progress of the 
Siege. 

His Lordship, and the General Officers commanding Divi¬ 
sions, daily reconnoitred the Fort, to enable Brigadier Anbury, C.B., 


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the chief Engineer, to fix on his place of attack. On this duty, 
necessarily one of danger, Lieut. Forbes, of the Engineers, 
received a severe contusion, besides having his right arm shattered. 

On the morning of the 11th, the left Division, under General 
Nicolls, advanced from Ooncha, a village seven miles to the south 
of Bhurtpore; and the 33rd N. Infantry, commanded by 
Lieutenant-Colonel Faithful, was detached on the march to occupy 
Mallye. The Enemy evacuated on the arrival of our Troops; 
and as the post was important, from its commanding a good 
view of the Fort, it was secured on that night and during the 
following day, by digging a trench across the north side of the 
village, and by stockading the other three sides with stakes and 
branches. A company of Bildars was employed on this duty, 
assisted by the Regiment itself. The Army encamped about five 
miles distant; pushing its patrols along the very edges of the 
Jungle, where men were occasionally seen in small numbers, but 
without manifesting any hostile intention. 

A new disposition of the party at Mallye was ordered on 
the morning of the 12th. The Light and Flank Companies were 
directed to proceed under Lieutenant-Colonel Faithful, and pos¬ 
sess themselves of a redoubt in front of the village of Juttowlee, 
at which place two Companies were stationed to keep open the 
communication with the Left Division. During the time Colonel 



SIEGE OF BHURTPORE. 


9 


Faithful's Corps held Mallye, it constructed an abbatis with 
great dispatch, which afterwards served as cover for the guns and 
tumbrils, when moving down to the batteries. This abbatis ran 
from the redoubt up to Mallye itself. The Enemy scarcely 
shewed himself; and all communication to and from the Fort, in 
this direction, was effectually interrupted. 


On the 

13th and 14th, the Train arrived, escorted by 

Brigadier-General Edwards’ Brigade: it consisted of 112 pieces 

of Ordnance. 

16 . . . 

Statement of the Artillery. 

. 24 pounders. 

20 . . . 

18 ditto. # 

4 . . . 

. 12 ditto. vWith abundance of materials. 

12 . . . 

8 inch Howitzers. V 

46 . . . 

8 do. Mortars. J 

12 . . . 

. 10 do. do. 

2 . . . 

. 13 do. do. 500 Rounds each. 

112 

Ordnance Horse Artillery. 

Light Field Guns . . 14 12 pounders. 

10 5% inch Howitzers. 

26 6 pounders. 

50 

112 

Total . . . 162 Pieces. 


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Brigadier Anbury presently collected all his materials, and 
a working party was formed to complete the required quantum of 
gabions and fascines; a large proportion having already been 
prepared at Agra. This party consisted of the Sapper Corps, 
with 100 Europeans, and 250 Sepoys. These were on duty at 
the Engineer Park; near which was also formed a Magazine and 
Eield Hospital. 

Thus was the Army again established before Bhurtpoee ; 
that Portress which it was presumed every Jaut would to his last 
gasp defend; and to reduce which, became vitally, most vitally, 
important to the future permanent security of our interests in 
India. Not a Chieftain who could muster 100 followers, but 
would have brought them against us, had we failed before the 
place! Rohilcund would have risen, to a man; Jeypore, and 
the Rajpootana States, were watching for the favorable moment; 
Scindia, whose insidious policy deserved any other fate than that 
which has attended him, would have been in arms instantly; and 
from the Punjab to Ava, we might have looked in vain for one 
friendly independent neighbour, disposed to succour or forbear. 
This is not the visionary chimera of apprehension, but the result of 
well-authenticated intelligence, gleaned from the highest authority. 

Reports of the numerical strength of the Garrison were 
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SIEGE OF BHURTPORE. 


11 


danger of mistake, at 20,000 armed infantry, of which 8000, or 
perhaps more, were regular troops; and the rest, men hastily 
entertained for the defence. It seems to have been the Enemy's 
policy, to offer as little opposition as possible “ out of doors; 5 ' 
reserving the whole stretch of his ability for resistance at the 
breaches. With this view r , thousands were seen occupied in deep¬ 
ening the ditches, and augmenting, by every practicable means, 
their resources, in the body of the place itself. If we except the 
slight affair of the 10th, the Enemy made no struggle to maintain 
his Troops outside the Fort; but an obstinate and sullen state of 
quietness, though it betrayed a want of enterprise, evinced a 
disposition to make a stand at the right point. 

As our reconnoitring parties were often pushed to within 
three hundred yards of the place, they occasioned a heavy firing 
of great and small arms; though with so little effect, that the 
casualties did not exceed forty or fifty men in all! 

Parties of horse from the neighbouring Forts, hovered round 
the skirts of the English Camp, and occasionally succeeded in 
capturing a few head of cattle; but being effectively watched, 
they in a short time ceased to molest, except in the direction of 
Khombeer, of which we shall hereafter have occasion to speak. 

On the 19th, a Jemadar’s party of twenty men from the 
4th Light Cavalry, had been sent out for protection of forage. 
A large body of the Enemy's horse made its appearance, and 

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attacked ; but the steady conduct of the Jemadar, and the 
soldier-like attitude of his party, kept the assailants in check,, 
until he succeeded in bringing away both the foragers and his 
detachment, without other loss than two men and three horses 
wounded. This affair, so creditable to a Native Officer, acting 
on his own judgment, unaided by the countenance of Europeans, 
particularly excited Lord Combermere’s notice, insomuch that 
his Lordship promoted the Jemadar on the spot, and afterwards 
expressed his thanks in General Orders. 

On the 21st, the Videttes of the outlying piquets of H. M. 
11th Dragoons being fired upon from the skirts of the Jungle, a 
division of the piquet, under Lieut. Wymer, turned out, and 
succeeded in intercepting the Enemy from the Fort. About 
forty of them were cut up. This exploit of Lieut. Wymer and 
his party was highly commendable, since steadiness only (in a 
wood) could have effected it. Lieut. Wymer was slightly wounded. 

His Lordship, desirous to save the women and children 
from the horrors of a Siege, addressed a Letter to Doorjun Saul, 
granting twenty-four hours for their egress, under assurance of 
protection. An evasive reply being returned, his Lordship, in a 
second Letter, further extended the period ; but no answer w r as 
given. 

Working parties of Europeans and Natives were constantly 
employed; and the tedium of inactivity generally felt by the 



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Army, was hardly redeemed by the frequent roaring of cannon 
from the Fortress, which had now become so jealous of approach, 
that not an individual of the opposing Army could any where 
appear without drawing fire. Under colour, however, of this 
apparent tranquillity on our part, the Engineers were scientifically 
proceeding in their duty. The Cavalry indeed were, with small 
parties of Infantry, engaged in making demonstrations to avert 
the Enemy’s attention from the real points of attack; which 
having now been decided upon, and the Chief Engineer reporting 
that he was prepared to commence, it was resolved, as a preli¬ 
minary step, to occupy the posts of Buldeo Singh’s garden, and 
the village of Kuddum Kundee, which were admirably situated 
for supporting the operations on the given points of approach. 
On taking possession of these posts, the Enemy were so cramped, 
that our whole Army was enabled to advance close to the Wood, 
which it did on the 23rd. In taking up the post of Buldeo 
Singh’s garden, the Enemy made no resistance; as soon as day 
broke, however, they opened an extremely heavy fire from the 
Fort, and a good deal of musketry was heard in that direction ; 
but our Troops found shelter under the Bund in front of the 
garden, and maintained themselves without exposure. General 
Revnell had here a narrow escape, a cannon-shot having passed 
between his legs ! The firing of small arms proceeded chiefly 
from the Enemy, who continued to snipe for a long time after 
the Troops were lodged. 


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A rather warm skirmish on our right of this post, between 
a detachment under Captain J. Hunter, of Light Infantry and 
Goorkas, and some of the Enemy, who sallied to oppose, but 
were completely repelled. Our object was to feel our way to the 
Gowerdun Gate. The Goorkas are admirable Light Troops, 
and were conspicuous in this encounter, which caused the Enemy 
some loss. 

General Nicolls having taken Kuddum Kundee at the same 
time that Buldeo Singh’s garden was carried, a trench was 
immediately commenced upon at that post, and united with the 
one running from the garden. The party working was exposed 
to a very hot fire; for, though the distance was considerable, the 
nature of the ground afforded facilities for reaching it with round 
shot: the casualties, nevertheless, were few. 

On the evening of this day (the 23rd), 150 Europeans, with 
a dismounted detachment of 100 men from H. M. 11th Dra¬ 
goons, and 600 Sepoys from each of the Divisions, accompanied 
by an Officer of Engineers, formed the first Parallel (at about 
six hundred yards from the Fort), on which was erected a Gun 
Battery (A) of eight 18-pounders, at Kuddum Kundee, and a 
Battery (B) of twelve 8-inch and four 10-inch mortars, near 
Buldeo Singh’s garden: this was performed under a heavy but 
ineffective fire. 

The Troops holding these posts were relieved at three p. m.; 
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EXPLANATION OF PLATE No. 4.—Page 14. 


A Erected on the night of the ‘23rd December; opened 24th—eight 18-pounders ; 
and on the 27th,—ten 10-inch Mortars. On the 2nd January, these ten 
Mortars were in the Advance Parallel, and formed the left Mortar- 
Battery, G. 

B Mortar-Batteries of twelve 8-inch and four 10-inch, erected the night of the 
23rd December; opened 24th. These were placed in the Advance Batteries, 
H and I. 

C Erected 25th; opened 26th—five 24-pounders, and five 18-pounders, on the 
East face. 

D Erected 27th; opened 28th—eight 24-pounders, and four 18-pounders: four 
18-pounders added on the night of the 30th. 

E Opened 31st Dec. with ten guns—five 18-pounders, and five 24-pounders. 

FF Two 12-pounders in each. 

G Opened on the 2nd January, with ten 10-inch Mortars, from the Kuddum 
Kundee Battery, A. 

H or right Mortar-Battery, opened on the 2nd January, with eight 8-inch, and 
two 10-inch Mortars. 

1 Centre Battery, opened 3rd January—eight 8-inch, and two 13-inch Mortars. 

K Two Howitzers. 

L Three 24-pounders, Lieut. Garrett—opened 10th January. 

M Two 18-pounders, and two 12-pounders—Lieut. Wilson’s. 







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Kuddum Ivundee by the Second Division. A party (of the 
following strength) was ordered to protect the left of Kuddum 
Kundee, and to communicate with a detached force from Colonel 
Faithful’s post. 

1 Troop of H. M. 11th Light Dragoons. 

1 ditto 9th Light Cavalry. 

1 Company European Infantry. 

1 Battalion N. Infantry. 

The General Officer of the day was directed to consider 
himself vested with the charge of all the Advanced Posts, Piquets, 
and Trenches; and to report, in person, the casualties that 
occurred during his tour of duty. Relief working parties for 
the Trenches were ordered at day-break: 700 men from the First 
Division, for Buldeo Singh’s garden; and 700 from the Second 
Division, for Kuddum Kundee. 

Hitherto the fire of the Enemy, having nothing opposed to 
it, had been warm and uninterrupted, except by their own plea¬ 
sure. But on the 24th our Batteries opened with such effect, 
that the guns of the Fort were speedily silenced, and Doorjun 
Saul’s Troops no longer ventured to expose their persons so 
boldly. 

The works proceeded with celerity; but at night the Enemy 
again opened a fire, and our parties were annoyed by matchlocks 
and jinjalls. An advanced Battery (C), as shown in the Sketch, 



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was established within two hundred and fifty yards, for five 
24-pounders, and five 18-pounders, opposite the north-east angle. 

On the morning of the 25th, it being Christmas-day, a 
double ration of liquor was served out to the Troops; and Door- 
jun Saul hoping that might put us off our guard, is said to have 
intended a Sally. However this may be, it was not attempted— 
luckily for the Enemy, who would have found us in a perfect 
state of preparation for him. The Commissariat was directed to 
send down a supply of meetaies (sweet-meats), at the rate of one 
seer (2 lb.) per man, for the Native Soldiers at work in the 
Trenches; such indulgence being customary on these occasions. 

After the usual reliefs, the Battery C opened on the morning 
of the 26th, and in a great measure destroyed the defences on 
the east face of the Fort, as far as the Long-necked Bastion. 
The spectacle from Mallye, which, from its lofty site, afforded 
a commanding view both of the Fort and Batteries, was truly 
grand !—it became yet more splendid at night, when the Enemy 
made a Sortie on the Batteries and Trenches to the right of 
Buldeo Singh’s garden. The affair, which consisted chiefly of 
matchlock firing, lasted an hour. No casualties occurred. Every 
preparation was made for another Battery in advance on the 
north face of the Town. On this point of duty, the Sallies were 
more vigorous. The Enemy twice drove in our parties, killed 



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three men, and wounded fifteen others; and consequently a delay 
occurred in the completion of the labour. Captain Smith of the 
Engineers received a severe contusion from a spent jinjall shot. 

His Lordship received a reply to his offer of egress for 
the women, children, &c.; but the effect intended was not 
produced. 

When the guns of the Fort opened on the 27th, they played 
with a precision that at first surprized us, but did not leave us 
long in conjecture as to the cause. On the preceding day, an 
Artilleryman, of the name of Herbert , deserted: this man was 
seen directing the Enemy's fire right and left, and coolly exposing 
himself to all risks. He had exactly ascertained the spot where 
Lord Combeiimere was usually stationed, on the top of a flat- 
roofed small house at the edge of Buldeo Singh’s garden; and 
with such skilfulness M'as the miscreant’s aim levelled, that a 
Kitmitgar standing close to his Lordship, lost his leg while in 
the act of removing a chair from the table ! 

The Engineers were busy during the night of the 26th 
and morning of the 27th, in constructing another Battery (D), 
bearing on the north face of the north-east angle of the Town, at 
the distance of two hundred and fifty yards. In the afternoon, 
this was armed with eight 24-pounders and four 18-pounders. 
The two advanced Batteries formed the second Parallel. The 
Enemy fired, but without effect. 

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During this day, it was understood that a body of the 
Enemy's Horse intended to attempt an escape. Toward night¬ 
fall, a mass of them appeared on the edge of the Jungle, near 
the Anah Gate. It may here be necessary to state, that most 
of the horsemen were shut out from the Town, from an appre¬ 
hension of the consumption which they and their cattle would 
create. These men found their situation very precarious. Some 
succeeded in getting off to the neighbouring Fortresses; but 
when the 8th and 9th Regiments of Light Cavalry were ordered 
round to the south-west, to fill up the gap between Kunjowlee 
and Jheelra, the remainder were put to the most imminent risk; 
starvation staring them in the face, and the shells from the 
Mortar-batteries constantly playing on them. It was therefore 
to be expected, that at night they would endeavour to get away : 
by stealth, if possible, or by a vigorous effort to cut through, 
if opposed. Brigadier-General Sleigh had been directed to 
assume the Command of the Troops extending from the Bund 
to Mallye, along the west face of the Fort. He had with him 
the 16th Lancers, at whose station the Head-Quarters of the 
Cavalry Division was established ; next to them lay encamped 
the 9th Regiment Light Cavalry; on the right and on the left 
two Troops of Horse Artillery, and the 6th Light Cavalry ; on 
the left of these again, almost resting on the great Deeg road, was 
a post of Skinner’s Horse, under Major Fraser. Somewhat in 
rear and to the left of the Lancers, was a Battalion of Infantry, 



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which detached three Companies to hold the village of Goolparah. 
At one time there were five additional Companies of the 15th 
Regiment N. Infantry. On the right of the 9th Light Cavalry 
was the 8th Regiment Light Cavalry, having to its right the 
3rd Light Cavalry; this again having the 10th Light Cavalry 
between it and Mallye. All these Corps were under the imme¬ 
diate orders of Brigadier-General Sleigh. 

Demonstrations of one or two or more Corps every morning: 
a Squadron being always detached to cover the Horse Artillery 
guns under Major Whish, in the Jungle, whither they were sent 
to scour the walls. The most vigorous of these demonstrations 
was that made on the morning of the 25th, when the entire 
Brigade moved down to the Anah Gate, and completely cleared 
the walls; causing a terrible slaughter, and sustaining little 
loss—only one European and one horse killed, and one Lascar 
wounded. On this occasion the guns were supported by a 
Squadron of the 9th Light Cavalry (which Corps made the 
demonstration), under Captain Grant. The firing was rapid 
beyond expression; and the general effect grand and imposing. 

On the night of the 26’th, a party of Horse effected their 
escape. The circumstances were these : It had been understood 
that an attempt would be made; and at about seven at night an 
order was issued for a Squadron of the 9th Light Cavalry to 
move down to reinforce a party of Skinner's Horse, “ near the 
Bund, on the Deeg road.” The guides, unfortunately, took the 


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Officer to a party of Skinners piqueted on the Deeg road , instead 
of the point intended, which was considerably in advance toward 
the Fort. Whilst the Officer commanding was engaged in posting 
his Videttes, he heard a clatter resembling that made by Horse 
Artillery guns, and at first supposed some had been sent to the 
spot. At once there was a rush, which left no room to doubt 
what occasioned the noise. A Troop was instantly taken by him 
in pursuit; but, unacquainted with the localities of the spot, he 
followed along the road, whilst the fugitives penetrated the 
Jungle to their left. They got off clear, with the exception of 
three men, one a soldier, the others followers merely. This 
soldier related, that they had successively passed the post and 
piquet near Goolparah, the piquet of Skinner’s near the Bund, 
and a piquet of Cavalry in the plain, silently changing their 
direction from time to time when challenged. They perceived 
the Squadron moving down, and literally followed it; and when 
the Officer was employed in posting Videttes, and taking up his 
bivodac, they pierced between two very small parties of Skin¬ 
ner’s, and made their dash. This man also stated, that other 
attempts must follow, for that the remnant of the Horse outside 
could neither stay to be starved, or uselessly butchered by the 
shells. In this business, the fault lay entirely with a Duffodar 
of Skinner’s, who permitted the body to pass within twenty yards, 
and gave no alarm. It was the subject of inquiry the next day, 
and the Officer, accompanied by the Brigadier-General’s Aid-de- 



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camp, went to the spot where he had been posted. Here it was 
that he found his guides had misled him; for the Aid-de-camp 
shewed the precise spot where the party should have been. The 
General expressed himself well satisfied with the explanation; and 
the Aid-de-camp was perfectly convinced, by personal observa¬ 
tion, of the positions. The captured man represented the Horse 
to be in a most, deplorable state. 

At ten o'clock p. m. firing was heard in the direction of 
Goolparah. The whole Division turned out, and was presently 
in advance toward the Fort. The Enemy had skirted its walls, 
with a view to pass through the intervals between Major Fraser's 
post and the Bund on its left, or the 6th Light Cavalry on its 
right. Major Fraser met and repelled them, killing about thirty, 
and taking some cattle. The horsemen now brought up their 
right shoulders in the direction of Kunjowlee, and were met by 
the 9th Regiment Light Cavalry, which had advanced at a 
gallop to the spot where the firing was heard. On closing, the 
Enemy protested they were friends, and begged not to be 
mistook. Captain Chambers (commanding the 9th Light Ca¬ 
valry) supposing them to belong to Skinner’s Horse, told them 
they ought to be punished for firing at that hour, and that he 
would “confine” them. On hearing this expression, a man 
rushed at Captain Chambers, and, cutting the reins of his bridle, 
wounded him severely in the hand, A heavy matchlock fire was 
opened, and the two bodies directly closed. The Enemy was 





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beaten up to the village of Kunjowlee, leaving between forty and 
fifty dead on the plain, and one hundred and seven prisoners 
and wounded. Of their whole number, it is calculated that few, 
if any, escaped—it is said only two men. The loss on our part 
was trifling : Captains Chambers and Palmer severely wounded ; 
Lieut. Brooke slightly, as also one trooper; two horses killed, 
and seven wounded. At the conclusion of the affair, the Lancers 
joined, and contributed to the result. The impression was such, 
as to keep down any similar attempt during the Siege. 

I have made this digression purposely to avoid any other 
interruption of the Narrative of the Siege: it was also essential, 
to make the unprofessional reader understand how the Enemy 
was hemmed in, in order to render the affair of the 27th 
intelligible. 

On the 28th, the two advanced Batteries opened, and 
connected their fire. A smart return was made from the 
Town and the upper works of the Citadel; but the casualties 
were few. 

On the 29th, the large guns began their real office—the 
salvos were magnificent, and the execution very effective. During 
the night, the Fort opened a fire of guns and matchlocks, which 
was kept up from nine to eleven o'clock, against the advanced 
works on the right of D Battery. As usual, no casualties. 



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On this day a Battery was formed on the west face, of two 
8-inch howitzers, at the village of Ukifd, and distant about a 
thousand yards from the Khombeer Gate. This Battery, con^- 
manded by Major Whish, continued to play throughout the 
Siege, and was afterwards increased to six pieces. The effect 
produced by it was prodigious. 

On the morning of the 30th, an advanced Battery (F) was 
constructed, for two 18-pounders, which commanded the whole 
northern face of the north-east angle, and the ditch in front. A 
Trench connected this with the first Parallel. The Grand Battery 
D, of twelve guns, was augmented to sixteen. Firing from the 
Fort as last night, from ten to eleven o’clock. 

By the 31st, Battery E, of ten guns, was constructed in front 
of the one before Kuddum Kundee, and connected by a Trench 
with the advanced Parallel. The sap was now commenced on 
the counterscarp of the ditch on the north face. The sixteen gun 
Battery was very active throughout the day against the Curtain 
contiguous to the Cavalier on the north-east angle. 

On the first of the New Year (1826), a fresh Mortar Battery 
(G) was erected to the left of the ten gun Battery (E), and 
another commenced on the extreme right (H). The sap on the 
counterscarp was also extended to fifty yards, and from thence 


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the Gallery of a Mine commenced upon the north-east Bastion. 
The guns firing in salvos. 

On this day occurred the first fatality amongst the Officers— 
Lieut. Tindale of the Engineers was killed by a cannon-shot in 
the Trenches. 

2nd Jan .—This day Battery H opened with eight 8-inch 
and two ] O-inch mortars. Every thing was quiet, save an 
occasional exchange of shot and shell. Major Whish’s Battery 
playing every quarter of an hour, day and night; the men 
constantly at the Mine. 

3rd.—The body of an European, recognized for a man of 
the 14th Foot, attached to the Engineer department, found in 
the Wood, hacked and mangled by the Enemy : the head and 
limbs separated, and the trunk shockingly mutilated. This was 
not likely to create a conciliatory feeling. 

The salvos from the Batteries were very brisk this day. The 
Mine proceeding during the night. Battery I (being the centre 
Battery) opened with eight 8-inch and two 13-inch mortars. 

4th.—The Breaches in considerable forwardness, particularly 
that on the right. The shells evidently doing great execution in 
the Town. Conflagrations almost every hour; but of these it is 
not necessary to make farther mention, as no magazine in the 
place was fired. 



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5th Jan .—Storming parties formed. The right Breach to be 
assaulted by the Troops from the 1st Division, under the orders 
of Major-General Reynell. Brigadier-General M'Combe and 
Brigadier Paton to lead with the Grenadiers and Light Infantry, 
each followed by three Companies of H. M. 14th Foot, supported 
by three Regiments of N. Infantry. On gaining the summit, 
Brigadier-General M'Combe to dispose his force to the left, and 
Brigadier Paton to the right, making the best practicable lodg¬ 
ment. For the Storm on the left Breach, the Troops from the 
Second Division, under the orders of Major-General Nicolls : 
Brigadier-Generals Adams and Edwards to lead with the Gre¬ 
nadiers and Light Infantry, each followed by three Companies of 
H. M. 59th Foot, supported by three Regiments of N. Infantry. 
General Edwards to form to the right, and General Adams to 
the left, when a lodgment should be effected. To make a third 
party, His Excellency called for Volunteers from the Cavalry, 
with whom it was intended to escalade in the re-entering angle of 
the Long-necked Bastion. This body consisted of 

(Lances only) 1 Captain, 2 Subalterns, & 80 men, 16th Lancers. 

(Swords & Pistols)—1 Captain, 2 Subalterns, & 80 men, 11th Dragoons. 
(Swords & Pistols) 1 Subaltern, & 30 men, from each Corps of 

Light Cavalry. 

Comprising a whole of 520 men, with their due proportion of 
Non-commissioned Officers. They were directed to assemble in 
shoes and trowsers. 

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About half past nine o’clock p. M. some of the Enemy’s 
best Troops made an attack on the Trenches and Batteries. The 
matchlock firing was heavy for upwards of an hour. No other 
casualties than the loss of four or five men, from the bursting of 
our own shells. 

6th Jan .—The Volunteers were this day inspected by the 
several Leaders, near the 11th Dragoon lines. 

The right Breach considered practicable. As a precaution, 
and to avoid failure, a Mine commenced in the scarp of the 
ditch, to improve it. The Engineers fearing discovery if working 
by day, blew it at dawn, before it was completed : consequently 
the explosion produced little effect on the wall. 

The left Breach still bearing a most unpromising appearance, 
in spite of all the shot that had been playing into it, may be 
accounted for from the nature of the wall itself, its composition 
being mud and stone, supported by logs of wood, and the mud, 
wherever deprived of its tenacity, crumbling into dust. This 
Breach appears extremely steep. 

7th.—The Commander-in-Chief, by his indefatigable exer¬ 
tion, animation, and urbanity, creates a universal sensation of 
confidence. 

The Mine under the Cavalier, and on the Curtain of the 
North-east Angle, was sprung about half past five o’clock this 




SIEGE OF BHURTPORE. 


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morning, and answered tolerably well, though not to the desired 
extent. Its intonation was not violently loud, but an immense 
cloud of dust arose. When the dust had subsided, the Curtain 
bore the following aspect. 



One of the Enemy’s guns making a peculiar whistle on its 
discharge, was by our Troops designated “ The Whistler.” To¬ 
day it excessively annoyed and teased the Commander-in-Chief; 
but the continued shelling of our right Mortar Battery, at length 
silenced its pretensions. 

The Gun Batteries at work on the upper part of the Mine, 
which will be made easy of access during the remainder of the 
night. Very little firing from either side. A second attempt 
was made to mine; but the Miners, being countermined from the 
Fort, were driven away before they could enter to any depth. 
The Gallery of this Mine was subsequently blown in, and the 
Enemy used it as a watch-post. 

The Assault was delayed, on the report of the Chief Engineer 
that the Breaches were not sufficiently easy, and that he purposed 

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to await the result of two Mines he was about to drive into the 
Curtain from the sap, and under the ditch. Much as this delay 
must be regretted, there is a consolation in the hope, that the 
place will eventually be stormed with comparatively less hazard 
to the Troops. The Mines under the counterscarp of the ditch, 
in front of the right Breach, have been sprung with success, and 
similar ones are nearly ready in front of the left Breach. 

In springing one of the above Mines, an instance of individual 
gallantry occurred, which serves to relieve the detail of mere 
operations. A Jemadar of the Sapper Corps, on finding that 
the succession of the Mine was by some accident stopped, bravely 
ran up with a lighted candle, and applied it to a part susceptible 
of instantaneous ignition. The Explosion followed ; and the Je¬ 
madar, although much hurt and burnt, escaped with his life, 
and immediately received promotion from the Commander-in- 
Chief. 

8th Jan .—Doorjun Saul sent a message to His Excellency, 
declaring his willingness to come in, and to acknowledge Bulwunt 
Singh. To this it was replied, that nothing less than unconditional 
surrender could now be admitted. Here the intercourse stopped. 

Some slight alteration took place in the left storming party. 
General Nicolls was to go to the left, make for, and open the 
Agra Gate for the Reserve under General Adams. In case of 
this not being readily accomplished, Captain Wood of Artillery 



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was ordered to take two howitzers, and have them at Kuddum 
Kundee, and proceed himself with two 12-pounders to blow open 
the Gate. 

This night a serious accident occurred : a tumbril, pierced 
by a shot from the Fort, blew up in rear of the old Mortar 
Battery in front of Btildeo Singh’s garden. 20,000lbs. of 
powder were thus destroyed; but eight Sepoys only, and a few 
labourers, lost their lives. A large quantity of cotton bags, 
deposited at no great distance, caught fire, and rendered the 
conflagration truly terrific. 

The Enemy opened the sharpest fire he had yet given; and 
hoping to effect farther mischief during the confusion occasioned 
by the above accident, a posse of his Troops propelled itself on 
the Batteries, but was expelled with loss. 

A party of Skinner’s Horse this day distinguished itself.— 
(Vide General Orders, Appendix). 

9th Jan .—Two large Mines in a state of forwardness, one 
under the right Breach, the other under the Cavalier, each con¬ 
taining 7000lbs. of powder; as also four smaller ones, to blow in the 
counterscarp of the ditch opposite the left Breach. It is said that 
his Lordship holds out the promise of a handsome reward to the 
Miners for their labour. Slack firing during the day; occasional 
shot and shell from the Batteries. 

At four o’clock p. m. the Hon. Company’s 1st European 




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Regiment arrived, and encamped in front of the 11th Dragoons' 
lines; thus rendering nugatory the predetermination of the Ca¬ 
valry to volunteer its services for the Storming. 

A Sally was expected, and prepared for: 4000 of the Enemy 
were to have attacked. Some light firing beyond the Jheel, on 
the right of the right Battery. The Jungeenah Gate being 
heavily shelled, the attempt was not made. The Eort opened 
from every gun that could be brought to bear, till eleven o'clock. 
No casualties. 

In one of our Batteries a tarpawling was spread, and elevated 
sufficiently, as a shelter from the rays of the sun; but in the 
course of a few hours, after the Enemy had ascertained the 
range, fire-balls were sent through it, and the Officer in Command 
had only just risen from his chair, when it was shattered to pieces. 

10th Jan .—This morning the firing from the Batteries was 
heavy for a short time; but it slackened on both sides during the 
day. An Enemy’s Mine discovered by our Sappers, by the 
subterraneous noise that was made. The Engineers on the spot 
accordingly took successful measures for blowing it in. The 
Enemy lost many men in consequence. 

11th.—Between eight and nine o’clock in the morning, 
there was skirmishing in the ditch in front of Captain Bell’s 
Battery (H). A body of the Enemy took post there, and the 



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Goorkas were ordered to dislodge them; but not succeeding, 
Captain Bell was directed to lob in shells, of which, however, 
little notice was taken. 

Lieutenant-Colonel Faithful was this day wounded in the 
thigh by a matchlock, whilst passing the 13-inch Mortar Bat¬ 
tery. A hackery man was nearly at the same time killed by a 
matchlock shot from the works of the Town. 

The following Outline of the North-east Angle, will give a 
correct idea of the north face of the Town, as also of the Enemy’s 
Outwork daily constructing for the defence of the Curtain ; with 
the position of our Batteries in front. 




North-east Angle. 

G Enemy’s Outwork. 

Cavalier. 

H 10-Mortar Battery, Capt. Bell. 

Breach. 

I Three 24-pounders, Lt. Garrett. 

Ditch. 

K Two 18 and two 12-pounders, 

Jungeenah Gate. 

Lieut. Wilson. 

Ravine with water. 

L Water. 











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The Enemy are constructing or repairing the back of the 
Breach: they are easily seen from Lieut. Wilson's Battery; 
working parties of dozens are employed. Report says, there are 
twelve guns placed, and brought to bear on the face of the 
Breach, to oppose the storming party. 

The Enemy make many spirited Sorties, and sometimes 
approach very near our Batteries. A slight fire during the day. 
Between nine and ten at night a good deal of firing, from both 
musketry and guns : shells served rapidly throughout the night. 

12th Jan .—At eight a. m. a considerable fire attracted atten¬ 
tion : it arose from a party of Goorkas being sent into the ditch 
to scour it along the face up to the Jungeenah Gate, to ascertain 
what the Enemy were about. They found a Gallery running 
through the Wall into the Ditch, to the right of our Breach, and 
a great many large holes in the Counterscarp, filled with corpses. 
They also found a bund of cotton-bags across the ditch, as a 
traverse against two guns that played directly down it. Captain 
Taylor and Lieut. Irvine of Engineers accompanied the party. 
Some of the Enemy were bayoneted, but we sustained no loss. 
A heavy fire of shot and shells from the Batteries, the Fort 
making little or no return. Lord Combermere was much pleased 
with this affair. During the rest of the day our fire slackened. 

At nine p. m. Captain Taylor, escorted by a party of the 
14th Foot, went to destroy Gallery A, supposed to communicate 




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with the Enemy’s Mines under the Breach C. He directed the 



o 


Officer commanding the party to remain in reserve, whilst he 
advanced with a few men, cautioning him not to fire on any 
account. On coming to the Traverse B, he cut at one of the 
Enemy, and tried to cross over. The Europeans, it being very 
dark, mistook him, and wounded him with the bayonet. He 
made himself known, but not before he had received eleven 
wounds, of which two were very severe. The thing failed. 

There was a report during the day, that the Enemy would 
endeavour to escape. Two Troops of the 11th Dragoons were in 
consequence ordered out, and a Supporting Squadron remained 
saddled. But nothing of the kind occurred. 

The Volunteers, being relieved by the European Regiment, 
returned to their lines, in obedience to General Orders; his 
Excellency thanking them for their zeal and alacrity. 

13th Jan. —Mining continued. Firing from the Batteries 
heavy from eight to nine o’clock: it then slackened during the 
day. Nothing particular. 

14th.—A little before seven a. m. a Mine was sprung in the 

F 
















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Long-necked Bastion, with po great effect. A good deal ot 
firing of large and small arms. Two guns intended to have been 
used by the Enemy against the Storming Party, destroyed by the 
Mine. At nine, Lieut. Irvine accomplished the destruction of 
the Gallery A, to a certain degree. He was accompanied by 
some of the 14th Foot, Captain Farrington’s Grand Battery 
firing well into the hole occasioned by the blowing in of the 
Gallery, and making there a small but good Breach. A report 
again of a heavy Sortie, for the purpose of escape. No occurrence. 

15th Jan .—The Mine under the left Breach abandoned. 
The Mine intended for the Counterscarp in front of the left 
Breach failed, owing to the konka of which the soil was here 
composed. A suspension of our operations being thus occasioned, 
the Enemy were enabled to carry away the earth that had been 
brought down from the top of the Breach, and by that means to 
render it totally impracticable. 

Mining continued. Battering again at the left Breach. 
Sharp fire during the night. Lieut. De Bude, of the Engineers, 
wounded severely through the wrist and back, while in the ditch. 

16th.—Heavy Salvos against the left Breach. Farringtons 
Battery destroyed another gun (a large one) bearing directly on 
the Breach. The Grand Mine in the Long-necked Bastion, was 
blown, and succeeded to admiration. An order has been given 



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in consequence, for the Chamber of the Angle Mine being made. 
This will soon be ready. 

Batteries firing every twenty minutes during the night. 
Nothing particular. 

17th Jan .—The Angle Mine is run under the Cavalier, and 
will be this day loaded with 10,000lbs. of powder. It is under¬ 
stood that its explosion will be the signal of Assault. 

The Breach-ditches are kept clear, and small parties of 
Europeans and Goorkas are lodged in them. Ten Grenadiers of 
the 59th went up with Captain Carmichael, Aid-de-camp to 
General Nicolls, to the top of the left Breach in the Long-necked 
Bastion. The Enemy did not offer any annoyance until the 
party was returning. A heavy fire throughout the night. Orders 
issued for the Storm at eight o'clock to-morrow morning. 

It will now be proper to take a view of the general dispo¬ 
sition of the Forces on the morning of the Assault, with some of 
the collateral arrangements, all having for their chief object the 
turning to advantage every circumstance resulting from the cap¬ 
ture of the place. 

It has already been stated, that there were to be two main 
Columns of Attack, directed each by Major-Generals Reynell 
and Nicolls. To these were added, a third Column, under the 
orders of Lieutenant-Colonel Delamain, to storm the Breach by 




36 


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the Jungeenah Gate; a fourth, under Lieutenant-Colonel Wilson, 
to escalade the re-entering Angle of the Long-necked Bastion; and 
a fifth, under Brigadier-General Adams, to force the Agra Gate. 

The Cavalry were disposed by Brigadier-General Sleigh 
along the whole west side of the Fortress, extending from the 
Bund to Mallye. 

Brigadier Childers had directed two Squadrons of the 11th 
Dragoons, under the Command of Captain Jenkins, six Com¬ 
panies of 11th Regiment N. Infantry, under Lieutenant-Colonel 
Price, and a few light pieces of Ordnance, under Captain Huth- 
waite, with a proportion of Sappers and Miners, to construct a 
Battery of Sand-bags at about four hundred yards from the south¬ 
east angle of the Town, during the night. This was done to 
attract attention. 

The two Squadrons of Dragoons, being placed in ambush, 
were supported by a Troop of the 3rd Light Cavalry, under 
Major S. Smith of the same Corps. {Vide Appendix). 

The Cavalry Piquets were strengthened on this face (the 
east), and remained at their posts between Kuddum Kundee and 
the left of the Abbatis which stretched from Mallye. These were 
under the orders of Lieutenant-Colonel Harper. 

A Squadron of the 11th Light Dragoons, under Major 
B. J. Smith of that regiment, was placed for the protection of 
the lines of the Horse A rtillery ; and the rest of the Cavalry left 
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Every individual that could be spared, or brought into any 
kind of use, was thus mustered and prepared. 

18th Jan .—About half past eight, the Mine in the Cavalier 
being sprung, the Troops from the Trenches rushed to the 
Assault, under cover of a tremendous fire from the Batteries, 
hotly answered by the Town and Fort. The summit of both 
Breaches was speedily gained, and an uninterrupted roar of mus¬ 
ketry followed for a quarter of an hour, during which was the 
grand struggle. 

The Jungeenah Breach was successfully stormed by Colonel 
Delamain. Lieutenant-Colonel Wilson escaladed the re-entering 
Angle; while the Reserve of General Nicolls" Division, under 
Brigadier-General Adams, having forced the Agra Gate, all the 
Columns moved on their destined routes. 

General Adams was directed to clear the streets, and pursue 
the main route of the Town. In three quarters of an hour from 
this time, the Ramparts were scoured, cleared, and possessed. 
Some sharp firing from the guns of the Citadel; after which, the 
Gates were closed. At four or five p. m. the White Flag denoted 
entire Surrender, and the Troops were established in position at 
all the different Stations and Gateways of the Town. 

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Enemy came out, and, after vain endeavours to escape, were 
taken prisoners. Every attempt to get off failed, and not a man 
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NARRATIVE OF THE 


At twelve o'clock, Doorjun Saul, at the head of a select 
body, giving to, and receiving fire from a Piquet of the 14th Foot 
at the Khombeer Gate, succeeded in disentangling himself from 
the Fort, and proceeded in the direction of Whish's Battery, 
when he turned to the left, and hugging the walls of the Fort, 
moved to the Jungle (or Wood) beyond the Anah Gate, where, 
again turning to the south-west, about 100 men, with Doorjun 
Saul, Pertie Singh, Doorjuris Wife and two Sons, got unper¬ 
ceived to the rear of the 8th Light Cavalry. The 2nd Troop of 
that Corps was sent in pursuit, under Lieut. Barber, accompanied 
by Lieut. M‘Kenzie. The Enemy was quickly overtaken and 
captured. Doorjun Saul (taken by Lieut. Barber personally), 
Pertie Singh, the Wife, and much jewellery, were presently 
brought in. 

Thus a period was put to the labours and fatigues under 
which the Army had cheerfully carried on the duties of the Siege 
from the 10th December to this date. 


The Author has from preference continued the Detail of the 
Operations to the last moment, in the Journal form: the Storm 
itself, however, demanding greater particularity and minuteness, 
he subjoins the following relation, the authenticity of which may 
be relied on. 



SIEGE OF BHURTPORE. 


THE STORM. 

The Right Column, intended for the Assault of the Jun- 
geenah Breach, was composed of two Companies of the European 
Regiment, commanded by Captain W. Davison; the 58th Re¬ 
giment N. Infantry, commanded by Captain John Hunter; and 
lOOGoorkas, commanded by Lieut. Kirke; the whole under the 
orders of Lieutenant-Colonel John Delamain. 

The Main Column, for the Assault of the Cavalier Breach, 
was under the immediate orders of Major-General Reynell, and 
consisted of Brigadier Paton’s and Brigadier-General M‘Combe's 
Brigades, which were formed in two Columns. After possession 
of the Breach, Brigadier Paton to the left, and Brigadier-General 
M‘Combe to the right, as follows: 

Brigadier Paton. 

4 Companies 14th Foot, Brevet-Major Bisshopp. 

5 Companies 41st N. Infantry, Major G. Hunter. 

6th Regiment N. Infantry, Lieutenant-Colonel Pepper. 

Brigadier-General M'Combe. 

4 Companies 14th Foot, Brevet-Major Everard. 

23rd Regiment N. Infantry, Lieutenant-Colonel Nation. 

60th Regiment N. Infantry, Lieutenant-Colonel Bowyer. 

A Column of Reserve, under Brigadier Whitehead* was left 
at the head of the Trenches, and was composed of two Com- 











40 


NARRATIVE OF THE 


panies of the 14th Foot, and the 18th and 32nd Regiments 
N. Infantry. 

The springing of the Mine under the North-east Bastion 
was the signal for Assault, to which every ear was anxiously 
turned. About half past eight o'clock, the Explosion took place ; 
and it is supposed that nearly 500 of the Enemy were blown up. 
Brigadiers M‘Combe and Paton, Lieut. Irvine of Engineers, and 
Lieut. Daly of the 14th Foot, were most severely wounded, and 
carried off. The latter Officer had his leg amputated on the 
spot. There was a momentary hesitation; but on General Reynell 
giving the word “Forward!" the whole advanced with admirable 
steadiness; Majors Everard and Bisshopp leading up the 14th 
Foot. As soon as it was ascertained that the Brigadiers were 
wounded. Colonel Nation went to the front, and took Command, 
but was himself hit on the Ramparts, just in front of the 14th. 
At this moment the Right Column, under Colonel Delamain, 
overthrowing all opposition, in the face of a heavy fire and a most 
obstinate resistance, surmounted the Jungeenah Breach, and 
planted on it the Colours of the 58th Regiment N. Infantry. 
When the Brigades of the Main Column had ascended and 
lodged themselves, a party moved to the left, to clear the Ram¬ 
parts between the two main Breaches, with a view to assist the 
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the entire Column, pushed along the Ramparts to the right, 
clearing them, and taking Bastion after Bastion, the Enemy's 
Artillery only yielding up their guns with their lives. There was 
no further check until reaching the Futtah Bourge*, when, 
meeting the 59th Foot, the possession of the walls was completed. 
Meantime a body of this Column pushed into the heart of 
Gopaulghurf-, and carried it; and a portion penetrating the Town, 
pursued the Enemy so closely up to the Citadel, that three or 
four hundred were shut out, and with these a most desperate 
conflict ensued. Major George Hunter was wounded on the 
left arm by a sabre cut, close at the Gate. This Officer very 
much distinguished himself; and his Regiment, the 41st, aided 
by some of the 14th, bayoneted every antagonist on the spot. 
The slaughter at the Jungeenah Gate was indeed dreadful; and 
throughout the whole line of its progress, the route of this Column 
was similarly marked. On the Explosion, and from its effects* 
there was a momentary pause. The fall of their Leaders would have 
been severely felt by the Troops, but that the gallant Major- 
General himself advanced, and led them to the Assault: inspired 
by his example, and supported by their native courage, our men 

* So called, being the Bastion of Victory, where Lord Lake made his last 
unsuccessful Attack. 

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its being first granted to the Jhauts. Upon this Fort, Bhurtpore was eventually 
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were absolutely invincible. In no instance was there evinced the 
slightest want of determination on the part of the Enemy, who 
resolutely refused Quarter, even after all hope had flown. Col. 
Nation and Majors Everard and Bisshopp were very conspicuous 
in the whole affair; and in the course of an hour this Column, 
by its valour, gained every thing for the attainment of which its 
efforts had been applied. 

An intermediate Column, consisting of two Companies of 
the European Regiment, commanded by Captain Orchard; the 
Grenadier Company of the 35th N. Infantry, Captain Mercer; 
Light Company 37th Regiment N. Infantry, Captain Herring, 
with 100 Goorkas, commanded by Lieut. Fisher, escaladed in 
the re-entering Angle, under the orders of Lieutenant-Colonel 
T. Wilson. This being performed successfully, the Column, 
rejoining its Comrades, contributed very materially to the grand 
result. 

The Left Column (also a Main one) was placed under the 
orders of Major-General Nicolls, and consisted of Brigadier- 
General Edwards 5 and Brigadier-General Adams 5 Brigades. The 
former had H. M. 59th Foot, Major Fuller; 31st N. Infantry, 
Lieutenant-Colonel Baddeley; 15th N. Infantry, Lieutenant- 
Colonel Fagan; 21st N. Infantry, Major Ward. The Reserve, 
destined to assault the Agra Gate, under the orders of Brigadier- 
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side of the Town, as well as from the guns on the high double 
Bastion within the Citadel, a situation not a little perilous), the 
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Gate, where the Enemy lost great numbers, the slain lying 
literally in heaps. Cheering and advancing, no farther resistance 
could obstruct us; and in an hour, 6000 corses lay extended on 
the earth, exhibiting a striking example of the inefficacy of 
opposition to power, as magnificently displayed as it was ably 
directed. 

A neck of Wall, which gave the name to the Bastion so 
distinguished in these details, was a scene of terrible slaughter; 
and the Soorajpoor Gate bore similar marks of execution. 

Thus fell the Pride and Glory of Hindostan! That 
Fortress, which bade defiance to our Arms, and was conceived 
to be unconquerable—now lay prostrate at the control of the 
Captors! and India was to learn with astonishment, that a 
Capture which no one, not under British authority, would have 
predicated, was completed in the short space of one hour, 
aided only by the science and natural bravery of the Assailants. 

In each Storm, the Leaders were at their respective posts, 
animating and encouraging the Troops by their presence and 
example. Within the Walls, every procedure was directed by 
consummate skill; while the able dispositions without , were such 
as most effectually to prevent the escape of armed individuals. 
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from their retributive nature, particularly striking—the Capture 
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bringing to condign punishment, the Traitors who had basely 
deserted the Cause of their Country*. In fact, no adjunctive 
circumstance was wanting, and every event appeared to follow in 
due course—to render the Victory in all respects brilliant and 
complete ! Nor is any possible opening left for envy or malig¬ 
nancy, sophistry or art, to pervert the facts, tarnish the glory, 
or diminish the magnitude of the Enterprise. Time, ample time, 
was afforded for every preparation. The resources of the Enemy 
had been stretched to the utmost. He had boastingly vaunted, 
that the Ditches should again be filled with British blood, and 
that the Defenders of the Fort would die, but not surrender. 
The Parties were fairly at issue;—the result was at once glorious 
and unequivocal; and from the Sutledge to the Sea, the Empire 
presently rang with the fame of the achievement. 

At four in the evening, the Citadel surrendered to our 
Troops; and on the following morning, His Excellency entered it 
at the head of the 14th Foot, which was established in garrison. 
Two Native Regiments were posted in the Town, and Brigadier- 
General M‘Combe was appointed Governor. Other Native 
Regiments were placed on all sides, to guard the fallen foe; 
and on the morning of the 20th, the Rajah was formally 
installed by Lord Combermere and Sir Charles Met¬ 
calfe, Bart. 


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46 


NARRATIVE OF THE 


Thus was consummated the fall of Buurtpore ! 

Negotiations were promptly- carried on with Alwar; and 
Deeg, Khombeer, Weir, and Bianah, were put into our posses¬ 
sion without a struggle. 

A party being left to complete the destruction of the Works, 
the Army now moved to Alwar, by its attitude to hasten the 
Negotiations; and on its reaching the Frontiers, the Treaty was 
concluded*. 

After reviewing the different Divisions, Lord Combermere 
departed for the Presidency, and the Army broke up for its 
Cantonments, leaving a sufficient force under Major-Geneial 
Nicolls, to carry into execution with security all the measures 
connected with the Compact. Every thing subsiding into tran¬ 
quillity, these Troops likewise returned to their destinations, 
having from first to last been employed on this duty only four 
months. 


CONCLUSION. 

In order to form a correct estimate of the means called 
into action, and from their result to educe just inferences, the 
Reader must bear in mind the actual situation in which the 
Country was placed at the breaking out of Hostilities. 

It must be recollected, that the War with the Burmese, 
though, after much alternation, it had assumed a somewhat less 

* See Note at the end of Narrative. 



SIEGE OF BHURTPORE. 


47 


threatening aspect, still called for the employment of our resources 
to such an extent, as to be in itself a primary cause of resistance 
at Bhurtpore ;—that the whole of the Native Princes deemed 
the collecting a second Army, sufficient for the reduction of that 
place, as beyond our power;—that there was not a petty Chief, 
capable of mustering a hundred retainers, and possessing the 
slightest pretence to independence, who would not be ready to 
march instantly, in the event of any disaster happening to us;— 
and that a single failure would have been as the beacon blazing 
forth the call to universal opposition !! 

These are never to be forgotten facts; and it speaks most 
highly for the energy and promptitude of Lord Amherst's 
Administration, and no less decidedly for its firmness, that at 
such a moment it could boldly display its power in a manner to 
render resistance vain, and to give to his Government an attitude 
and tone of unconquerable supremacy. The fall of Bhurtpore 
shook India to its centre. The War with Burmah was speedily 
concluded, and every iota of the stipulations fulfilled,—and the 
Country, from one end to the other, yielded in hopeless sub¬ 
mission to our Resources and our Gallantry. 

It is remarkable, that two of the severest Wars in India 
should have happened during the Administration of men avowedly 
opposed to Warfare—the Nepaulese War, during the Administra¬ 
tion of Lord Minto, and the Burmah War, during that of 
Lord Amherst. To Lord Hastings, the conqueror of every 










48 


NARRATIVE, &c. 


foe he had met in arms, belongs the praise of concluding the 
former;—to Lord Amherst we must address ourselves, in 
eulogizing the spirit that brought the last to a termination, alike 
glorious to ourselves and humiliating to the Enemy. 

Of the Troops, it were superfluous to speak. There is a 
voice in their every act! Privation,—self-denial,—obedience,— 
moderation,—ardour irresistible,—patience the most exemplary, 
—forbearance unsurpassed, — form the characteristics of the 
British and Native Army of India: and so long as these 
qualities shall continue to be cherished, we shall as fearlessly as 
proudly wield the destinies of one of the fairest portions of our 
widely-extended Empire! 


49 


NOTES. 


THE TREATIES. 

Althou&h none of the Treaties arising out of the foregoing 
events have been made public, the following are reported to be among the 
principal Articles of Stipulation: . 

1. The Treaty with the reinstated Rajah placed him in the possession 
of the Rajpoot States,—that is, in full acknowledgment of British Supre¬ 
macy. It provided for the admission of a British Resident, and secured 
indemnification to the Company for the expences of the War. 

2 . The Treaty with the Rajah of Alwar*, exacted a cession on his 
part, to his Cousin Bulwunt Singh (an illegitimate Son of the late Rajah), 
of an equivalent, half in land, half in money, for certain districts, Teejara, 
Teepokra, &c. &c. (which had been granted by the British Government to 
the late Rajah, Bukhtowur Singh); Bulwunt Singh to remain absolute and 
uncontrolled master of the said territory and pecuniary stipend; but, 
dying without lawful issue, both to revert to the Rajah, to the positive 
exclusion of all adopted children. 


* The details of our misunderstanding with the Row Rajah of Alwar, would require a long 
relation. The leading facts are, briefly—1st, An attempt to assassinate Ahmed’h Buxsh (an inde¬ 
pendent Chief in alliance with our Government, and styled a Nawaub), was made in our dominions; 
and the Ministers at Alwar are implicated. It is required that the Ministers be sent to our Camp, for 
an investigation of the charge against them.—2nd, The Row Rajah Benee Singh has ejected from his 
place in the Government, Rajah Bulwunt Singh, the illegitimate but only Son of the late Bukhtowur 
Singh Row Rajah, whose place in the Government was guaranteed by the Chiefs of the State, under the 
sanction of our Government, in 1815. An adequate provision is required for Rajah Bulwunt Singh, 
whom we are bound to protect from extreme injustice. He is at present a Prisoner in the hands of 
Benee Singh.—1826. 


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50 


NOTES. 


THE CHIEFS. 


The Author has been favoured, by a Gentleman high in Office, 
with the following Notice of the Chiefs of the Principality, and others, 
abetting the adverse Cause. Brief as it is, emanating from so authentic a 
source, it becomes a valuable appendage. 

“ The Chiefs of the State, generally, supported Doorjun Saul. His 
principal advisers were Faquers; namely, his Brother-in-Law, Khorsal 
Singh, a Zemindar of our country;—and a Jeypoor Priest, named Nund- 
komar, commonly called Seereejee. Of the Bhurtpore Chiefs, two of the 
most active in his cause were, Kirten Ram, and Kirten Bullub, both said 
to have been killed in the right Breach. Khorsal Singh, above-mentioned, 
is also reported to have been killed. His Brother, Puddum Singh, as 
well as the Priest, Seereejee, were among the prisoners. No Chiefs 
adhered resolutely to the young Rajah: all knew, and none denied his 
right, but all were subdued by Doorjun Saul; and though not hearty in 
his cause, were submissive to his power. The force of the whole State, 
in short, was opposed to us, and we derived no assistance whatever from 
the Rajah’s party. His immediate attendants and adherents were in 
confinement.” 


OFFICERS AND REGIMENTS 

PRESENT AT THE FORMER AS WELL AS THE LAST SIEGE. 


The following Extract from a Calcutta Newspaper, has been 
handed to the Author for insertion, and, from its interesting complexion, 
he gives it a place, but, he confesses, without being able to vouch for its 
perfect accuracy. 

“ Bhurtpore, “in the pride of her strength,” is no more! The Futtah 
Bourge, or Bastion of Victory, built, as the Bhurtporeans vaunted, with 
the bones and blood of Englishmen who fell in the Assaults under Lord 
Lake, is now laid low; and among its destroyers were some of those 





NOTES. 


51 


“ white men permitted to fly from her Eternal Walls/’ who, after a period 
of twenty years, returned to the Assault, to witness her Towers and 
Battlements crumbling to dust. 

“ Among the Artillery, equally inexhaustible in science, labour, and 
devotion, were seen those at the former Siege. Brigadier Brown, and 
Lieutenant-Colonel Stark, were again present with their old Corps, the 
Horse Artillery. 

“ Of the Company’s 1st Bengal European Regiment, which bore a 
brilliant part in all the Actions and Sieges during the former War, two 
individuals alone were now at the Siege ; — Major Brown (with the Corps), 
who was wounded at the Battle of Deeg, and in the first Storm of Bhurt- 
pore; and Lieutenant-Colonel Bryant, the Judge -Advocate General 
(attached to Head-Quarters), also wounded in the Battle of Deeg. 

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“ The Native Cavalry which served in the former Bhurtpore War, and 
now again at the Siege, were the 3rd, 4th, and 6th Regiments. 

“ The 3rd Cavalry, commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel Tombs, who 
was at the former Siege with the 1st Cavalry, had still with it one of its 
old Officers, Major S. Smith, and also a Native Officer, distinguished as 
one of the party who at the last Siege exhibited as bold and desperate 
an enterprise as any recorded in Military history. A Havildar and two 
Troopers from this Corps, volunteered to examine the width of the Ditch. 
Pretending to be Deserters, they galloped their horses close to the crest 
of the Ditch opposite the Breach, as if seeking a passage into the Town, 
while some of our Infantry pursued, firing on them with blank cartridge. 
The people on the walls, caught by the feint, called to them, and pointed 
out the proper place of entrance; but the Troopers, having effected their 
purpose, suddenly turned their horses, and safely galloped back, under a 
furious but ineffectual fire from the now exasperated Enemy. 

“The 4th Native Cavalry was without any of its old Officers, but 
commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel Harper, who was at the former Siege. 

“ The 6th Cavalry also without any of its former Officers. 

,;-.ro:ijnT oaodi .ooaehivo adi u ynuebilob ei:.<a . . e ;.i ;. ... v i,.: 

“ Of the Native Infantry present at the Siege, and who bore a part in 
the former contest, were, 

“ The 2lst Regiment (the old 2nd Battalion 9th), with.one only of its 
former Officers, Major Ward, now commanding it. 

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52 


NOTES. 


“ The 31st Regiment (the old 1st Battalion 15th) without any of its 
old Officers; but one of them, Lieutenant-Colonel Cooper, present at 
the head of the 63rd. 

“ Also the 41st Regiment (the old 1st Battalion 21 st), without any 
of its old Officers. 

“ Colonel Stevenson, the present Quarter-Master General, likewise 
attended the day of reckoning. In the former War he was some time on 
the Staff, and belonged to that distinguished Corps, the 12th Regiment of 
Native Infantry, whose Colours were planted on the Ramparts in the third 
Storm. 

“Another Officer, whose conspicuous gallantry on numerous occasions 
has been marked with as numerous and severe wounds. Major Brutton, 
now present with the 11th Dragoons, was, in the former Bhurtpore Siege, 
a Captain in His Majesty’s 75th, and wounded in the Assault of Deeg, 
and at the first Storm of Bhurtpore. 

“ Lastly, the present Governor-General’s Agent, Sir Charles Metcalfe, 
was again here, and witnessed the mighty ruin. In the former Bhurtpore 
War, he was the “Mr. Charles Metcalfe” who joined the storming party in 
the Assault of Deeg, and was one of the foremost in the Breach.” 


THE DESERTERS. 


Events, in themselves of minor importance, confessedly assume 
an interest from association; and on this account it may be necessary to 
add to the mention of Herbert’s defection, that two of his Comrades 
partook of his guilt; men of that stamp of character, which, partially 
existing in every Army, excites no sympathy under circumstances of 
adversity or suffering. By some deficiency in the evidence, these Traitors, 
though taken in the Fort, were permitted to escape with life ; but under a 
revised sentence, were ordered to be transported for the term of fourteen 
years, and by the indignant feelings of the Commander-imChief (in which 
every individual in the Army participated), perpetually ejected from the 




NOTES. 


53 


Service. It is the province of History irrevocably to brand their infamy 
with its merited reprobation, and by the most public exposure;—their 
names were Hennessy and O’Brien, both of the Artillery. The third 
(Herbert), also an Artilleryman, had fought in the same branch of the 
Army at Waterloo! It is hard to conceive what could induce him to 
desert. His character was fair; he was well spoken of by those with 
whom he served; and was believed to have supported his Mother from his 
allowances:—but he had been the most active, was seen in positive 
hostility, and nothing was wanting to complete the testimony against him. 
In accordance with his sentence, he was hanged on the Bastion of the 
North-east Angle—the spot that had witnessed his iniquitous offence. 


*** In the Introduction, reference should have been made to a short Account of 
the Siege of Bhurtpore by Lord Lake: The Reader is apprised, that it 
will be found at the end of the Volume. 












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APPENDIX. 


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APPENDIX 


I. 

COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, AND HIS STAFF—GENERALS COMMANDING 
DIVISIONS AND BRIGADES—REGIMENTAL AND MEDICAL STAFF 
—WITH STATES OF THE RESPECTIVE CORPS. 


HIS EXCELLENCY 

GENERAL THE RIGHT HON. STAPLETON LORD COMBERMERE, 

6. C. B. G. C. H. &c. 

COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF ALL THE FORCES IN INDIA. 


Lieut.-Col. Hon. J. Finch, Military Secretary to the Commander-in-Chief. 


Captain Turner Macan, 16th Lancers, Persian Interpreter to the Commander- 
in-Chief. 

Captain T. H. Dawkins, Grenadier Guards, 

Captain E. Archer, Unattached, V Aides-de-Camp. 

Lieutenant G. C. Mundy, 2nd Foot, 3 

Captain W. Agnew, 2nd Mad. N. Infantry, 

Major A. Lockett, 63rd N. Infantry, 

Captain C. B. M'Kenly, 60th N. Infantry, Commanding Infantry Escort. 
Lieutenant R. F. Dougan, 10th Light Cavalry, Commanding Cavalry Escort. 
Hugh Smith, Esq. Surgeon. 


j- Extra Aides-de-Camp. 


Major-General Thomas Reynell, C. B. 

Commanding First Division of Infantry. 

Captain R. W. Pogson, 69th N. Infantry, Assistant Adjutant-General. 
Captain Arthur Wight, 23rd N. Infantry, Assist. Quarter-Master-General. 
Captain F. Meade, 88th Regiment, Aide-de-Camp. 

Lieutenant E. Meade, 55th N. Infantry, Extra Aide-de-Camp. 

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68 


First Brigade of Infantry. 

Brigadier-General J. M'Combe, 14th Foot, Commanding. 
Captain W. Caine, H. M. 14th Foot, Brigade-Major. 
Captain G. T. Finucane, II. M. 14th Foot, Aide-de-Camp. 

Fourth Brigade of Infantry. 

Brigadier Thomas Whitehead, 41st N. Infantry. 

Captain R. Seymour, 26th N. Infantry, Brigade-Major. 

Fifth Brigade of Infantry. 

Brigadier Robert Paton, C. B. 18th N. Infantry. 

Captain J. Home, 60th N. Infantry, Brigade-Major. 


Major-General Jasper Nicolls, C B. 

Commanding the Second Division of Infantry. 

Captain D. D. Anderson, 69th N. Infantry, Assistant Adjutant-General. 
Captain N. Penny, 1st Extra N. Infantry, Assist. Quarter-Master-GeneraL 
Captain L. Carmichael, H. M. 59th Foot, Aide-de-Camp. 

Captain Hon, Jef. Amherst, H. M. 59th Foot, Extra Aide-de-Camp. 

F. Sivewright, Esq. Staff Surgeon. 

Second Brigade of Infantry. 

Brigadier-General W. T. Edwards, 14th Foot. 

Captain E. A. Campbell, 3rd Light Cavalry, Brigade-Major. 

Captain T. Hall, H. M. 14th Foot, Aide-de-Camp. 

Third Brigade of Infantry. 

Brigadier-General J. W. Adams, C. B. 4th Extra N. Infantry. 

Captain J. R. Fell, 25th N. Infantry, Brigade-Major, 

Captain G. D. Stoddart, 8th Light Cavalry, Aide-de-Camp. 

Sixth Brigade of Infantry. 

Brigadier C. S. Fagan, 15th N. Infantry. 

Captain P. Latouche, 7th N. Infantry, Brigade-Major. 






appendix. 


59 


Brigadier-General J. W. Sleigh, C. B. 11th Light Dragoons, 
Commanding Division of Cavalry. 

Brevet-Major E. Kelly, h. p. Assistant Adjutant-General. 

Captain J. Frushard, Assistant Quarter-Master-General. 

Lieut. A. Achmuty, 31th Dragoons, Aide-de-Camp. 

First Brigade of Cavalry. 

Brigadier G. H. Murray, C. B. 16th Lancers. 

Captain William Harris, 16th Lancers, Brigade-Major. 

Second Brigade of Cavalry. 

Brigadier M. Childers, 11th Dragoons. 

Captain G. Williamson, 11th Dragoons, Brigade-Major. 


King's Troops. 

Lieutenat-Colonel G. M‘Gregor, 59th Foot, Acting Adjutant-General, 
Captain J. Elliot, 4th Dragoons, Acting Assistant Adjutant-General. 

Hon. Company's Troops. 

Lieutenant-Colonel W. L. Watson, 43rd N. Infantry, Adjutant-General. 
Major W. S. Beatson, 10th Light Cavalry, Deputy Adjutant-General. 
Major C. D. Aplin, 33rd N. Infantry, Deputy Adjutant-General. 

Captain J. J. Hamilton, 23rd N. Infantry, Assistant Adjutant-General. 


King's Troops. 

Major-General Sir S. F. Whittingham, Knt. C. B. Quarter-Master-General, 
Hon. Company's Troops. 

Lieut.-Col. Robert Stevenson, 1st N. Infantry, Quarter-Masler-General. 
Major E. Barton, 57th N. Infantry, Deputy Quarter-Master-General. 

Capt. W. Garden, 36th N. Infantry, Officiating Assist. Quarter-Master-Gen. 
Captain W. E. B. Leadbeater, 53rd N. Infantry, 

Captain J. B. Hearsey, 

Lieutenant A. G. Anson, 11th Light Dragoons, 

i 2 


Dep. Assistant Quarter- 
Masters-General. 















60 


APPENDIX. 


Lieutenant-Colonel R. H. Cunliffe, 24th N. Infantry, Commissary-General. 
Captain W. Lumsdaine, 9th Light Cavalry, Deputy Commissary-General. 
Captain D. Bruce, 26th N. Infantry, Assistant Commissary-General. 
Lieutenant W. Barnett, 53rd N. Infantry, 

Lieutenant E. S. Hawkins, 38th N. Infantry, (Deputy Assistant Corn- 
Lieutenant H. R. Osborne, 54th N. Infantry, f missary-Generals. 
Lieutenant Williams, J 


Captain R. Christie, 7th N. Infantry, Pay-Master-General. 


Lieutenant-Colonel J. Bryant, 65th N. Infantry, Judge-Advocate-General. 
Captain W. P. Cooke, 6th N. Infantry, Deputy Judge-Advocate-General. 


W. A. Burke, M. D. Inspector-General. 
G. Readclie, Esq. Physician-General. 

R. P. Williams, Esq. Surgeon. 

A. Ross, Medical Store-keeper. 







State of the Horse Artillery, and List of European Officers. 


APPENDIX 


61 


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APPENDIX. 


State of H. M. 11 th Light Dragoons , and List of Officers. 



Present. 2 2 

Rank. 

Lieutenant-Colonel 


Major 

Captain 


Lieutenant 


Cornet 


Adjutant . . . . 

Quarter-Master 
Surgeon . . . . 
Assistant Surgeon . 
Veterinary Surgeon 
Pay-Master . . 
Volunteer . . . 



J. W. Sleigh, C.B. 

M. Childers 
B. J. Smith 

N. Brutton . . 

J. Jenkins . . 

J. Rotton . . 

W. Blundell 

M. White . . 

J. N. Creighton 

B. P. Browne . 

H. Bond . . . 

J. Tomlinson 

G. A. Anson 

F. Blundell . . 

G. Williamson . 

L. M. Cooper . 

J. Tritton . . 

O. Barwell . . 

W. White . . 

E. C. Windus 

H. G. P. Tuckett 
Robert Hare 

W. Wymer . . 

A. Achmuty 
R. Bambuch 

R. Lawrie . . 

C. Johnson . . 

J. H. Pearson . 
W. Readdy . . 

J. Henderson 

B. L. Sandham 
John Harcourt 
Charles Perceval 
W. F. Neville . 
Mr. S. Fisher . 


S,.rgeon. 

Assistant Surgeon. 

Veterinary Surgeon. 

Regimental Serjeant-Major. 

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Wounded. 

j Missing. 

1 

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1 

8 1 31 

31 

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8 

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Remarks. 


Colonel commanding Cavalry Division (Brigadier-Gen.) 
Brigadier commanding Second Brigade of Cavalry, 
Commanding the Regiment, 


Brevet-Major. 


Deputy Assistant Quarter-Master General. 
Brigade-Major to Second Brigade of Cavalry, 


Slightly wounded, 

Aide-de-Camp to Brigadier-General Sleigh, C.B. 
Riding Master. 


Cornet. 

































































APPENDIX 


m 


State of H. M. 1 6th Lancers, and List of Officers. 


Present. 


6 14 


1111 


Assistant Surgeon. 

Veterinary Surgeon. 

Regimental Serjeant-Major. 

Troop Serjeant-Majors. 

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Major . . . . 

Captain . . . 


Lieutenant 


Cornet 


Adjutant . . . . 

Quarter-Master 
Surgeon . . . . 

Assistant Surgeon 
Veterinary Surgeon 
Acting Pay-Master 


G. Murray, C. B. 
William Persse 
Charles King . 
W. Osten . . 
John Luard 
Samuel Enderby 
A. J. Byrom 
G. M. Olreville . 
W. Harris . . 

C. R. Cureton . 
C. A. Wrottesley 
A. A. M'Conchy 
John Cross! ey . 
T. S. L. Monteath 

G. M'Dowell . 
William Hake . 

H. P. Lovelace 
A. C. Lowe . 

T. Armstrong . 
Robert Douglas 
J. Vincent . . 
G. Hamilton 

J. M. Walker . 

J. R. Smyth 

C. Havelock 

W. Osbourne . 
W. P. Neale . 
W. Penn . . 

W. Hilton . . 

D. Pratt . . . 

J. Robinson 

D. Murray . . 

G. Spencer . . 

William Williams 


Brigadier commanding First Cavalry Brigade. 
Commanding the Regiment. 


Major of Brigade to Brigadier Murray, C. B. 


Brevet-Captain, Superintendant of Semaphores. 
Brevet-Captain. 

Slightly wounded. 

Slightly wounded. 


Brevet-Captain. 


Aide-de-Camp to Brigadier Murray, C. B. 


Lieutenant. 

Lieutenant (half-pay). 


Lieut, and Brev.-Capt. (half-pay) 1st Dragoon Guards. 













































































64 


APPENDIX 


State of the 3 rd Light Cavalry , and List of European Officers. 



Colonels. 

Lieutenant-Colonel. 

Major. 

Captain. 

Lieutenants. 

Cornets. 

Adjutant. 

Quarter-Master. 

Surgeon. 

Assistant Surgeon. 

Riding Master. 

Serjeant-Major. 

Quarter Master Seijeant. 

Native Doctors. 

Subadars. 

Jemadars. 

Havildars. 

Naicks. 

Trumpeters. 

Troopers. 

Horses. 

Casualties. 

Killed. 

Wounded. 

Missing, 

Present. 


1 

1 

1 

5 


1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

i 

2 1 6 1 8 

30 

23 1 7 

379 i 489 


3 



Rank. 

Names. 

Remarks. 

Lieutenant-Colonel 
Major .... 
Captain .... 

J. Tombs .... 
Samuel Smith . . 

John Angelo . . . 

E. A. Campbell . . 

F. Dibdin .... 

G. C. Smyth . . . 
J. L. Tottenham 

A. P. Pennefather . 
J. Christie . . . 

H. Lawrell . . . 

R. S. Trevor . . . 

J. H. M‘Kenzie . . 

Commanding the Regiment. 

Lieutenant . . . 

Interpreter and Quarter-Master, Acting Adjutant. 

* * * 

* * 

... 

• 


Surgeon . . • . 


State of the 4th Light Cavalry , and List of European Officers. 


Casualties. 


Present. 


1 


1 I 1 


6 37 I 33 


8 525 657 


Rank. 


Lieutenant-Colonel 
Major 
Captain . 
Lieutenant 


Surgeon 


Names. 


W. Harper 
C. P. King 
J. W. Roberdeau 
S. Nash . . 

H. Clayton 
W. Benson 
C. O’Hara . . 
G. C. S. Master 
C. Lowth . . 
W. W. Apperley 
B. Pead . . . 
J. Hall . . . 


Remarks. 


Commanding the Regiment. 

Quarter-Master. 

Adjutant. 





























































































APPENDIX 


65 


State of the 6th Light Cavalry , and List of European Officers. 


Casualties. 


Present. 


1 


33 27 I 7 434 I .547 


Rank. 


Lieutenant-Colonel 
Captain . 


Lieutenant 


Names. 


G. Becher . . 

J. B. Hearsey 
R. L. Anstrutlier 
L. H. Smith 
W. Parker 
R. Aitken . 

F. Coventry 
E. Watt 
A. Conolly 
J. G. Campbell 
D. Wiggens 


Remarks. 


Commanding the Regiment. 


Interpreter and Quarter-Master. 
Adjutant. 


State of the 8th Light Cavalry , and List of European Officers. 


Casualties. 


Present. 


1 I 1 


33 I 29 8 380 


651 



Names. 

lolonel 

G. H. Gall .... 

• 

W. G. A. Fielding . 

. • 

F. J. Spiller . . . 

. . . 

J. Nicholson . . . 

. 

G. A. Kempland . . 


G. D. Stoddart . . 


R. D. H. M'Donald 


G. H. White . . . 


F. Tweedale . . . 


J. M'Kenzie . . . 


G. A. Barber . . . 

• 

R. W. Hogg . . . 


J. Milner .... 

. . . 

R. P. Williams . . 


Rank. 


Major 

Captain 


Lieutenant 


Surgeon . 


Remarks. 


Commanding the Regiment. 


Aide-de-Camp to Brigadier-General Adams, C. B. 
Adjutant. 

Slightly wounded. 

Interpreter and Quarter-Master. 


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66 


APPENDIX 


State of the 9th Light Cavalry, and List of European Officers. 



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7 

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29 

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592 


5 


Rank. 

Names. 

Remarks. 

Captain .... 

R. E. Chambers . . 

Commanding the Regiment—severely wounded. 

F. Palmer .... 

Severely wounded. 

- — -- .... 

C. Duffy .... 

7th Light Cavalry, doing duty. 

- . . . • 

C. A. Grant . . . 

7th Light Cavalry, doing duty. 

Lieutenant . . . 

E. Malone . . * . 

Acting Quarter-Master. 

- . . . 

G. J. Bishop . . . 

E. Horsley . . . 

C. Newbery . . . 

Acting Adjutant. 

* * * 

A. M. Key . . . . 

R. D. Brook . . . 

Slightly wounded. 

Surgeon .... 

J. Milner .... 
E. M‘Donald . . . 


State of the 10 th Light Cavalry, and List of European Officers. 



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3 

25 

21 

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456 

1 

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Rank. 

Names. 

Remarks. 

Major .... 

Captain .... 

T. D. Stewart 

C. O. Mason . . . 

Commanding the Regiment. 

Lieutenant . . . 

T. Skipton . . . 

Interpreter and Quarter-Master. 

Cornet .... 

R. F. Dougan . . . 
G. L. Trafford . . 

W. Parker .... 

C. D. Blair . . . 

J. Woore .... 
W. Wingfield . . . 

D. G. A. F. H. Mellish 

J. Free. 

Commanding Commander-in-Chief’e Cavalry Escort. 

Acting Adjutant. 














































































































APPENDIX 


67 


State of the Foot Artillery , and List of European Officers. 


j 1 j 


Europeans. 


Golundauze. 


Gun Lascars. 


Orduince 

Drivers. 


Casualties. 


Pieseut. 1 I 2 I 7 15 5 2 


1 1 4 1 4 45 52 19 46015 2 24 20 9 250 2 5 12 13 353 9 234 429 


Rank. 


Lieut.-Colonel Commandant 
Lieut.-Colonel 


Major 

Captain 


First Lieutenant 


Second Lieutenant 


Names. 


R. Hetzler, C. B. 
Charles Parker 
J. A. Biggs 
W. Battine 
W. Curphey 
J. Tennant 
J. Pereira 
P. L. Pew 
G. H. Woodroffe 

G. Brooke . 

W. Oliphant 
R. C. Dixon 
E. Huthwaite 
T. Sanders . 

H. P. Hughes 
J. S. Rotton 
A. Abbott 
P. A. Torckler 
P. T. Cautley 
W. T. Garrett 
R. Horsford 

E. S. A. W. W. 
H. Clerk . 

J. L. Mowatt 
R. G. M'Gregor 
J. Edwards . 

G. Ellis . . 

J. Abbott 

F. K. Duncan 
E. Todd . . 

T. E. Sage . 


Wade 


Remarks. 


Prize-Agent. 

Assistant Adjutant-General. 
Commissary. 


Commissary. 

Adjutant. 

Deputy Assistant Quarter-Master-General. 

Adjutant. 

Adjutant. 

Adjutant—wounded. 








































































































68 


APPENDIX 


State of the Engineers , and List of European Officers. 



Lieutenant-Colonel. 

Majors. 

Captains. 

First Lieutenants. 

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Quarter-Master. 

j Surgeon. 

Assistant Surgeon. 

I Serjeant-Majors. 

Quarter-Master Serjeants. 

Serjeants. 

Corporals. 

Drummers. 

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Havildars. 

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Drummers. 

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Present. 

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Rank . 

Names. 

Remarks. 

Lieutenant-Colonel 

T. Anburey, C. B. . . 

Brigadier. 

Captain .... 

R. Smith. 

Wounded. 


J. Taylor. 

Wounded. 


J. Colvin. 

Slightly wounded. 


C. J. C. Davidson . . 


First Lieutenant . 

W. N. Forbes .... 

Wounded. 


A. Irvine. 

Brigade-Major—wounded. 


E. Swetenham . . . 



E. J. Smith .... 

Wounded. 


H. De Bude .... 

Wounded severely. 


J. Thomson .... 

j 

. 

J. Tindall. 

Killed. 

■— ■ . 

B. Y. Reilly .... 



G. T. Greene .... 


Second Lieutenant 

H. Goodwyn .... 



A. H. E. Boileau . . . 



THE SAPPERS AND PIONEERS 

CONSISTED, 

The former, of 6 Companies') _ . f 120 = 720 Men. 

> each about < _ _ 

The latter, of 2 Companies J 1 100 = 200 Men. 


















































APPENDIX 


69 


State of H. M. 14 th Reg . and List of Commissioned Officers. 


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Rank. 


Colonel 

Captain 


Lieutenant 


Ensign 


Volunteer 
Pay-Master 
Adjutant . . 

Quarter-Master 
Assist. Surgeon 

STAFF. 

Brevet-Captain 

Lieutenant . . 


Names. 


J. M'Combe . 
W. T. Edwards 
M. Everard 

C. Bisshopp 
W. S. Bertrand 

G. Rochfort . 

T. Hall . . 
W. Akenside . 

J. B. Amsworth 

K. M'Kenzie . 

H. B. Armstrong 
M. C. Lynch . 

G. M'Kenzie . 

E. L’Estrange 

D. M. Hazlewoot 
R. Stack 

H. Mansell 
C. R. Newman 

E. Pender . 

Jas. Grant . 

G. J. Bower 
J. Watson . 

A. Ormsby 

R. Naylor . 

Robt. Daley 

B. O. Laird 
E. C. Lynch 
W. L. O’Halloran 
W. Tulloh . 

H. Matthews 

S. Goddard 

T. F. Cotton 


G. T. Finucane 
Jas. M'Dermot 
W. Cane . . 


Remarks. 


Brigadier-Gen. commanding 1st Infantry Brigade—wounded slightly. 
Brigadier-Gen. commanding 2nd Infantry Brigade—killed in action. 
Brevet-Major commanding the Regiment—wounded. 

Brevet-Major. 


Aide-de-Camp to Brigadier-General Edwards. 


Appointed to H. M. 54th Regiment, doing duty—killed in action. 
Brevet-Captain—wounded severely. 

Brevet-Captain. 

Brevet-Captain. 

Brevet-Captain. 

Brevet-Captain—wounded. 

Brevet-Captain. 

Brevet-Captain. 

Brevet-Captain. 


Wounded severely : left leg amputated. 


Wounded slightly. 


Aide-de-Camp to Brigadier-General M'Combe. 
Baggage-Master to the Army. 

Brigade-Major to the 1st Infantry Brigade—wounded slightly. 


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70 


APPENDIX 


State of H. M. 59th Reg. and List of Commissioned Officers. 



Colonels. 

Present. 



13 


1 


1 


39 


34 


Casualties. 

Killed. 

Wounded. 

Missing. 

18 

121 



Rank. 


Lieut.-Colonel 
Major . 
Captain 


Lieutenant 


Ensign . 


Surgeon 
Assistant Surgeon 


Adjutant . . 

Pay-Master . 
Quarter-Master 
Volunteer . . 


Names. 


G. M'Gregor 

F. Fuller . . . 

H. E. Pitman 

F. Fuller . . . 

D. Gordon . . 

J. P. Pennefather 
R. Manners . . 

N. Hovenden 

L. Carmichael . 

E. Long . . . 

J. Bunn . . . 

N. H. Hoctar 
W. Pitman . . 
E. Griffiths . . 

G. Chichester 

J. H. Peake . . 
A. Murray . . 

Hon. J. Amherst 

M. C. Pitman 
J. M'Gregor 

G. Clarke . . 
J. Peocock . . 
W. S. Marley . 
J. Hume . . . 
T. Sievewright . 
W. Thompson . 

J. Wright . . 

J. Ellary . . . 

Mr. Hennessy . 
Mr. E. Wright . 


Remarks. 


Acting Adjutant-General King’s Troops. 
Commanding the Regiment—slightly wounded. 
Killed in action. 


Wounded slightly. 

Wounded slightly. 

Brevet-Captain. 

Brevet-Captain, Aide-de-Camp to Major-General Nlcolls, C. B. 
Dangerously wounded. 

Acting Adjutant—slightly wounded. 

Severely wounded. 


Slightly wounded. 


Extra Aide-de-Camp to Major-General Nicolls, C. B. 
Dangerously wounded : since dead. 


Severely wounded. 










































































APPENDIX 


71 


State of The Hon. Company's European Regiment. 


Casualties. 


Present. 


8 


30 35 12 385 10 43 


Rank. 


Names. 


Remarks. 


Lieutenant-Colonel 
Major . 

Captain . 


Lieutenant 


Ensign 


E. Cartwright 
A. Brown . . 

Robt. Ledlie . 
J. Orchard 
W. Davison 
W. H. Howard 
G. Warren 
J. S. Pitts . . 

G. A. C. Stewart 

J. Matthie 
Chas. Jorden . 
T. Box . . . 

H. Candy . . 

A. F. Maginniss 


Brigadier. 

Commanding the Regiment. 


Severely wounded. 
Quarter-Master and Interpreter. 
Severely wounded. 

Adjutant. 


Severely wounded: since dead. 


State of the 6th Reg. N. Infantry, and List of European Officers. 


Staff. 




s 

si 

5 ’~ 


Casualties. 


Present. 


1 1 1 ' 2 9 9 59 60 18 981 1 I 4 


Ranh. 


Lieutenant-Colonel 
Major 
Captain . 


Lieutenant 


Assistant Surgeon 


Names. 


H. S. Pepper . 
Thos. Taylor . 
Wm. Decluzeau 
Jas. Eckford . 
Thos. Birkett 
Robt. Fitzgerald 
Jas. Stevens 
J. H. Clarkson 
D. C. Keiller . 

H. W. J. Wilkinson 
R. Wyllie . . 

N. Maxwell 


Remarks. 


Commanding the Regiment. 

Brevet-Captain, Adjutant. 

Acting Interpreter and Quarter-Master. 




























































































72 


APPENDIX 


State of the 1 \th Reg. N. Infantry, and List of European Officers. 


Staff. 


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Casualties. 


Present. 


1 


1 I 1 


1 


2 j 10 10 59 | 59 I 16 I 884 | 


Rank. 


Lieutenant-Colonel 
Major . . 
Captain . , 

Lieutenant . 


Ensign 


Assistant Surgeon 


Names. 


W. P. Price 
R. Braddon 
R. Benson . . 
R. Croudace . 
Thos. Sewell . 
J. M‘Lean 
A. C. Denniston 
C. H. Thomas 
Thos. Gould . 
A. M'Kenzie . 
A. Wardrop . 


Remarks. 


Commanding the Regiment. 

Slightly wounded. 

Adjutant. 

Interpreter and Quarter-Master. 


State of the 1 5th Reg. N. Infantry, and List of European Officers. 


Staff. 


*1 

S 1 53 | 

.11 si 

rs' 1 S H 

< <3 


Casualties. 


Present. 


8 


1 


10 


58 


2 | 19 


Rank. 


Lieutenant- Colonel 
Captain . 


Lieutenant 


Ensign 


Assistant Surgeon 


Names. 


C. S. Fagan . 
J. Hawthorne 
A. H. Wood . 
A. Carnegy 
C. T. Thomas 
W. A. Troup . 
Z. H. Turton . 
G. E. Carey . 
J. Evans . . 

W. Hunter 
J. V. Forbes . 
G. Abbot . ”. 
W. Innis . . 
J. T. Gordon . 
A. Nesbit . . 
G. H. Dundas 
A. M. Clarke . 


Remarks. 


Brigadier. 

Commanding the Regiment. 


Adjutant. 


Interpreter and Quarter-Master. 


Doing duty from the 50th N. Infantry. 
Ditto, unposted. 




































































































APPENDIX 


73 


State of the 18 th Reg. N. Infantry, and List of European Officers. 


Present. 


Staff. 


3 CO 
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2<3 


1 I 1 


I 1 I 


I 10 


59 I 


917 


Casualties. 


Rank. 

Names. 


Lieutenant-Colonel 

Robert Paton . 


Major .... 

W. W. Davis . 


Captain .... 

R. Kent . . 


Lieutenant . . . 

J. Holvoake . 
J. P. M'Millan 
W. Minto . . 
H. Cuming 

C. Gale . . . 
J. W. Anson . 
A. Barclay 


Ensign .... 

C. C. Jenkins 


- .... 

W. Platt . . 


Surgeon .... 

J. Wooley . . 



Remarks. 

Brigadier commanding 5th Brigade—contusion. 
Commanding the Regiment. 


Interpreter and Quarter-Master. 


Adjutant. 

12th Regiment N. Infantry—doing duty. 


State of the 21 st Reg. N. Infantry, and List of European Officers. 



Colonels. 

Lieutenant-Colonels. 

Major. 

[ Captains. 

Lieutenants. 

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Assistant Surgeon. 

Seijeant-Major. 

Quarter-Master Ser- 
jeapt. 

Native Doctors. 

I Killed. 

Wounded. 

Missing. 

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7 

1 

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1 1 1 1 1 

2 

10 

10 

59 

60 

20 

944 

8 

22 

2 


Rank. 

Names. 

Remarks. 

Major .... 

John Ward . . . 


Captain .... 

E. R. Broughton 



T. S. Oliver . . . 



Wm. Guise . . . 



W. W. Foord . . . 



W. Simmonds 


Lieutenant . . . 

Niel Campbell . . 

Brevet-Captain. 


J. C. C. Grey , . 

Adjutant. 


G. Palmer .... 



Chas. Farmer . . 



W. H. Phibbs . . 



Owen Lomer . . . 

Interpreter and Quarter-Master. 


H. Todd .... 



J. Dyson .... 



T. H. G. Besant . . 


Ensign .... 

Chas. Cooke . . . 


Assistant Surgeon 

F. S. Matthews . . 



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74 


APPENDIX. 


State of the 23rd Reg. N. Infantry, and List of European Officers. 


Present. 


Staff. 


1 


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2 <§ 


— 

o 


1 1 1 2 10 11 60 60 17 960 6 


EC 


■J! 


Casualties. 


Rank. 


Names 


Remarks. 


LiOutenant-Cokmel 
Captain .... 

S. Nation .... 
H. Cock . . . . 

C. B. Field . . . 

Commanding the Regiment—severely wouuded. 

Lieutenant . . . 

J. Maule .... 
J. D. D. Beane . . 
J. Holmes .... 
J. Platt .... 
W. H. Becher . . 
P. Craigie .... 
C. Cooper .... 
A. L. Willis . . . 
G. Turner .... 
W. Leslie .... 

Adjutant. 

■ ■ 

—- . • . 

. 

38th N. Inf&ntry—doing duty. 

1 

38th N. Infantry—doing duty. 

1 

Ensign .... 

Assistant Surgeon 


State of the 3 Is# Reg. N. Infantry, and List of European Officers. 


Present. 


8 


Staff'. 


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S<3 


1 1 2 10 10 57 56 18 883 14 26 


Casualties. 


Rank. 


Lieutenant-Colonel 
Major 
Captain . 


Lieutenant 


Ensign 


Assistant Surgeon 


Names. 


W. C. Baddeley 
J. Garner . . 

W. Pickergill . 

D. H. Heptinstall 

J. Brown . . 

F. S. Wiggins 

J. M. Heptinstall 

E. N. Townsend 
J. W. Rowe 
A. L. Durie 
W. R. Corfield 
R. Menzies 
W. Saurin . 

E. T. Milner 
H. C. Guyon 
A. Lee . . 

J. Smith 


Remarks. 


Commanding the Regiment. 

Dangerously wounded. 

Killed in action. 

Adjutant. 

Interpreter and Quarter-Master. 












































































































APPENDIX 


75 


State of the 32 nd Reg. N. Infantry , and List of European Officers. 


Staff. 




s S 

a 

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Casualties. 


Present. 


1 1 


I 


1 


10 


10 | 56 


57 


19 


840 


12 


Rank. 


Lieutenant-Colonel 
Major 
Captain , 


Lieutenant 


Ensign 
Assistant Surgeon 


Names. 


P. Starling 
J. M. Loder . 
Chas. Coventry 
W. F. Steer 
H.V: Clegg . 
C. Haldon . . 

Win. Mitchell 
J. S. Davis 
A. R. J. Swinton 
A. P. Graham 
J. Woods . . 

J. A. D. Watson 


Remarks. 


Commanding the Regiment. 


Acting Interpreter and Quarter-Master. 
Adjutant. 


State of the 33 rd Reg. N. Infantry , and List of European Officers. 


Present. 


8 


Staff. 


10 


8 


56 


58 12 875 5 


Casualties. 




Rank. 


Lieutenant-Colonel 


Captain . 
Lieutenant 


Ensign 


Surgeon . 


Names. 


W. C. Faith full 
T. Willson 
A. F. Richmond 
G. Barker . . 

T. B. P. Festing 
G. Irvine . . 

A. E. M'Murdo 
R. Riddell 
J. D. Nash 
A. F. Tytler . 
E. Kelly . . 

R. M. Campbell 
J. Campbell 
J. L. Taylor . 
R. Browne 


Remarks. 


Commanding the Regiment—wounded severely. 


Adjutant. 


Interpreter and Quarter-Master. 


59th N. Infantry—doing duty. 
Wounded. 

13th N. Infantry—doing duty. 
64th N. Infantry—doing duty. 













































































































76 


APPENDIX 


State of the 3 5th Reg. N. Infantry, and List of European Officers. 



Colonels. 

Lieutenant- Colo nel. 

Majors. 

Captains. 

CO 

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<V 

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3 

Ensign. 

Staff. 

Subadars. 

Jemadars. 

Uavildars. 

Naicks. 

Drummers. 

Sepoys. 

Casualties. 

Adjutant. 

Interpreter and 

Quarter-Master. 

Surgeon. 

Assistant Surgeon. 

Serjeant-Major. 

Quarter-Master Ser¬ 

jeant. 

Native Doctors. 

Killed. 

Wounded. 

Missing. 

Present. 


X 


5 

8 

1 

1 

1 

1 


1 

1 

2 

10 

11 

58 

59 

18 

862 

4 

28 

5 


Rank. 

Lieutenant-Colonel 
Captain . . . . 


Lieutenant 


Ensign . 
Surgeon 
Ensign . 


Names. 

J. W. Blackney . 
C. H. Glover . . 

S. Mercer . . . 

T. Mouteath . . 

F. Hodgson . . 

W. H. Marshall . 
C. W. Cowley . . 

J. W. Smith . . 

J. Hay . . . . 

J. Shiel . . . 

G. T. Marshall . 

T. Seaton . . . 

B. Hallowell . . 

A.G.F. J.Y ounghusb 
A. Fisher . . . 
W. F. Phipps . . 

C. Wyndham . . 

W. Fendon . . 
Jas. Nunn . . . 


Remarks. 

Commanding the Regiment. 

Adjutant. 

Interpreter and Quarter-Master. 


and 


Unposted. 


State of the 3 6th Reg. N. Infantry, and List of European Officers. 



Ranh. 

Lieutenant-Colonel 
Major . . . . 
Captain . . . . 


Lieutenant 


Ensign 


Assistant Surgeon 
Ensign . . . . 


Names. 


Remarks. 


P. Lefevre . 



W. Gage . . 



C. Godby . . 



S. P. C. Humfrays 


G. Chapman . 



W. Garden 



H. Lloyd „ . 



J. R. Troup 



V. Shortland . 



W. C. Carleton 



T. F. Flemyng 



F. G. Nicolay . 



W. L. Hall . 



J. J. Hamilton 



H. H. Hill . . 



H. Clarke . . 



R. Ramsay 




Commanding the Regiment. 

Severely wounded. 

Officiating Assistant Quarter-Master-General. 


Interpreter and Quarter-Master. 


Doing duty from 10th N. Infantry. 






































































































APPENDIX 


77 


State of the 37 th Reg. N. Infantry, and Inst of European Officers. 



Colonel. 

Lieutenant-Colonels. 

Major. 

Captains. 

Lieutenants. 

a 

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W 

Staff. 

Adjutant. 

Interpreter and 

Quarter-Master. 

Surgeon. 

Assistant Surgeon. 

Serjeant-Major. 

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Present. 



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3 

8 

4 

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2 ! 


Rank. 


Names. 


Jemadars. 

Havildars. 

Naicks. 

Drummers. 

Sepoys. 

Casualties. 

Killed. 

Wounded. 

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10 

59 

59 

18 

900 

8 

23 

1 


Remarks. 


Major 
Captain . 


Lieutenant 


Ensign . 


Assistant Surgeon 


C. R. Kennett 
C. A. P. Wallington 
J. Herring . . 

J. W. Prideaux . 
C. Griffiths . . 
T. A. Barstow 
C. R. Bellew . . 
W. S. Prole . . 

H. B. Smith . . 
A. E. Campbell . 

G. E. Westmacott 
A. Spottiswoode . 

H. B. Harrington 

VV. H. W. Midford 
J. Ewart . . . 
T. Plumb . . . 
A. Ross . • . 


Commanding the Regiment. 


Adjutant. 

Interpreter and Quarter-Master. 


Attached to Sirmoor Battalion. 


55th N. Infantry—doing duty. 

29th N. Infantry—doing duty. 
Medical Store-keeper to the Army. 


State of the 41 st Reg. N. Infantry, and List of European Officers. 



Colonels. 

Lieutenant-Colonel. 

Major. 

Captains. 

Lieutenants. 

Ensigns 

Staff. 

Subadara. 

Jemadars. 

1 Havildars. 

Naicks. 

Drummers. 

Sepoys. 

Casualties* 

Adjutant. 

Interpreter and 
Quarter-Master. 

Surgeon. 

Assistant Surgeon. 

Serjeant-Major. 

Quarter-Master Ser¬ 
jeant. 

Native Doctors. 

Killed. 

Wounded. 

Missing. 

Preseut. 

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1 1 3 1 5 

3 

1 1 


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1 

2 

5 

5 

30 

30 

10 

484 

4 

13 



Rank. 

Names. 

Remarks. 

Lieutenant-Colonel i 
Commandant J 
Major .... 
Captain .... 

T. Whitehead . . 

G. Hunter .... 

D. Williamson . . 

Hugh Sibbald . . 

J. Steel .... 
W. Ramsay . . . 

H. C. M'Kenley . . 

H. C. Clarkson . . 

J. Martin .... 
J. W. V. Stephen 

G. Gilman .... 
C. Apthorp . . . 

G. A. Brownlow 

G. Paxton, M. D. 

W. Y. Torckler . . 

The Hon. W. Stapletpn 

Commanding the 4th Brigade Infantry—(Brigadier). 
Commanding the Reg. Right Wing—severely wounded. 

Lieutenant . . . 

Brevet-Captain. 

' ' ' 

Adjutant. 

* * * 

* * * 


Ensign .... 


* ' * * 


Assistant Surgeon 
Lieutenant . . . 

4th N. Infantry—doing duty. 

f 5th Extra Reg. N. Infantry, doing duty—and with 


7 the Commander-in-Chief’s Escort. 


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78 APPENDIX. 

State of the 58 th Reg. N. Infantry , and List of European Officers. 



Rank. 

Lieutenant-Colonel 
Captain . . . . 


Lieutenant . . . 


Ensign . . . . 

Assistant Surgeon 
Lieutenant . . . 


Names. 

John Delamain 
John Hunter . 
T. M. Black . 
J. Frushard 
W. Sargeant . 
E. M. Orr . . 

G. A. Mee . . 

H. Hunter . . 

J. Higginson . 
W. Buller . . 

J. Rowe . . 

W. Turner 

J. C. Lumsdaine 


Remarks. 

Commanding the Regiment. 

Severely wounded. 

Slight contusion. 

Assistant Quarter-Master-General, Cavalry Division. 
Adjutant. 

Interpreter and Quarter-Master. 


Slightly wounded. 
Severely wounded. 


State of the 60 th Reg. N. Infantry, and List of European Officers. 


Staff. 


q3 4. 

4) 

pu 5 

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s 

4 * . ; 

D 


Casualties. 


Present. 


i i 


9 54 56 20 935 


Rank. 


Lieutenant-Colonel 
Captain 


Lieutenant 


Ensign 


Assistant Surgeon 


Names. 


Remarks. 


C. Bowyer .... 

Commanding the Regiment. 

J. Home .... 

Brigade-Major to 5th Brigade of Infantry. 

J. F. Burguer . . 




J. Gouldhawke . . 


C. B. M'Kenley . . 


C. Fitzgerald . . . 


J. R. Ouseley . . 


E. Morshead . . . 

Commanding Prize-Guard at Head-Quarters. 

W. Whitaker . . . 


T. E. A. Napleton . 
r. pt r.oEH 

Interpreter and Quarter-Master, and Acting Adjutant. 

J. O. Oldham . . 


G.Cox . 


W. Riddell . . . 


R. Drought . . . 


T. Smith .... 

Doing duty from the 48th N. Infantry. 

W. Dyke .... 


J. T. Geils . . . 

Wounded. 

A. Scott .... 



































































































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79 


State of the 63 rd Reg. N. Infantry, and List of European Officers. 




Staff. 


Casualties. 


Present. 


i i i 


57 60 13 889 


Rank. 


Lieutenant-Colonel 
Captain . 


Lieutenant 


Ensign 


Assistant Surgeon 
Captain . . . . 


Names. 


H. E. G. Cooper 
J. Harris . 

J. P. Smith 
Wm. Bignell 
Wm. Hoggan 
R. Houghton 
Wm. C. Ormsby 
Wm. F. Grant 
J. H. Blanshard 
E. T. Erskine 
J. R. Lumsden 
Wm. E. Carte 
J. R. Aire 


Remarks. 


Commanding the Regiment. 

Interpreter and Quarter-Master. 
Acting Adjutant. 


Doing duty from 64th Regiment N. Infantry. 





















































80 


II. 

GENERAL ORDERS, AND FIELD GENERAL ORDERS, 

BY HIS EXCELLENCY THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, 

I 

FROM 1st DECEMBER, 1825, TO 19tli JANUARY, 1S26. 

' ! i ? ' i- : 

General Orders. Head-Quarters, Agra, 1st Dec. 1825. 

No. 3348. —The Head-Quarters of the Army being established at Agra, all 
Communications for the information of the Right Hon. the Commander-in-Chief, 
will be addressed through the Heads of Departments accordingly. 

Lieut.-Col. the Hon. J. Finch, Military Secretary, will officiate for the Adju¬ 
tant-General of His Majesty’s Forces, until the arrival of the Adjutant-General. 

Officers commanding Regiments will transmit to the Military Secretary, with 
the least possible delay, a nominal List of Officers belonging to their respective 
Regiments, specifying the duties upon which the absent Officers may be employed. 


Head-Quarters, Agra, 3 rd Dec. 1825. 

No. 3349.—The following Officers are appointed to Staff situations in the 
Army assembled at Agra: 

llt/i Light Dragoons. —Brevet-Col. Lieut.-Col. Sleigh to be Brigadier-General. 
Lieut.-Col. Childers to be Brigadier. Lieut. Williamson to be Major of Brigade. 
Lieut. Maxwell to be Aide-de-Camp to Brigadier-General Sleigh. 

l&th (Queen’s) Lancers. —Lieut.-Col. Murray to be Brigadier. Capt. Harris to 
be Major of Brigade. 

14th Foot. —Brevet-Col. Lieut.-Col. M'Combe, to be Brigadier-General. Brevet- 
Col. Lieut.-Col. Edwards to be Brigadier-General. Capt. Hall to be Aide-de-Camp 
to Brigadier-General Edwards. Brevet-Capt. Finucane to be Aide-de-Camp to 
Brigadier-General M'Combe. Lieut. M'Dermot to be Baggage-Master. Lieut. Cain 
to be Major of Brigade. 

59lh Foot. —Lieut.-Col. M'Gregor to be Brigadier. Brevet-Capt. Lieut. Car¬ 
michael, 59th Foot, is appointed Aide-de-Camp to Major-Gen. Nicolls, from the 
14tb November. Capt. Dawkins, Aide-de-Camp to the Commander-in-Chief, to be 
Deputy Post-Master General in the Field. Cornet Blood, of the 16th Lancers, will 
take the Command of the Consolidated Depots of His Majesty’s Regiments at 
Cawnpore, from the date of the Corps leaving that Station. 

By Order of the Right Hon. the Commander-in-Chief, 

J. FINCH, 

Officiating Adjutant-General. 




APPENDIX. 


81 


Field General Orders. Head-Quarters, Camp, Agra, Bee. 2, 1825. 

The Army now assembling for Service on the Agra and Muttra Frontier, being 
about to advance. His Excellency the Commander-in-Chief requests, that Officers 
commanding Regiments will impress upon their Officers, &c. the imperious necessity 
which exists, for each individual reducing the number of his servants to the lowest 
scale, and taking the Field as little encumbered with Baggage as possible; and 
desires that they will use their utmost endeavours to prevent superfluous individuals 
following the Bazaars of their respective Corps. All superfluous Baggage will be 
left at Muttra and Agra respectively, in the first instance, by Divisions, on advancing. 

The March about to commence being through the Territory of an Ally of the 
British Government, and not that of an Enemy, His Excellency prohibits in the 
strictest manner, all marauding or plundering; and desires that Officers commanding 
Divisions and Brigades will cause it to be three times proclaimed to their respective 
Corps, that the Provost-Marshal has received peremptory orders to seize, and inflict 
summary punishment of Death, on any individual or individuals caught in the act of 
plundering. In thus publicly promulgating the decided measures to be resorted to 
in support of discipline. His Excellency feels assured, from the correct habits of the 
European and Native Troops under his command, that, as far as they are concerned, 
the warning above given is unnecessary; but as the followers of Bazaars of Corps 
might avail themselves of opportunities to plunder the inhabitants of the country 
and others, the Commander-in-Chief deems it necessary to promulgate thus publicly 
the retribution which will await such conduct. 


Field General Orders. Agra, 3rd Bee. 1825. 

The following Officers are appointed Brigadier-Generals from the 1st inst., 
subject to the confirmation of the Right Hon. the Governor-General in Council: 

Col. J. M'Combe, 14th Foot. Col. J. W. Sleigh, C. B. 11 th Dragoons. Col. 
W. J. Edwards, 14th Foot. 

The Army assembled for Service on the Agra and Muttra Frontier, is to be 
formed into Divisions and Brigades, as follows, from the 1st inst. 

Bivision of Cavalry. —Brigadier-General J. W. Sleigh, C. B. to Command. 
Lieut. E. A. D. Maxwell, H. M. 11th Dragoons, to be Aide-de-Camp. Brevet-Major 
Kelly, h. p. H. M. Service, to be Assist. Adj.-General. Capt. F. Frushard, 58th 
N. Infantry, to be Assist. Quarter-Master-General. 

ls£ Cavalry Brigade .—Brigadier Murray, C. B. 16th Lancers, to Command. 
Capt. W. Harris, 16th Lancers, Major of Brigade.—To consist of H. M. 16th Lancers, 
6th, 8th, and 9th Regiments of Light Cavalry. 

o 









82 


APPENDIX. 


2 nd Cavalry Brigade. —Brigadier M. Childers, 11th Dragoons, to Command. 
Lieut. G. Williamson, 11th Dragoons, Major of Brigade.—To consist of H. M. 11th 
Dragoons, 3rd, 4th, and 10th Regiments of Light Cavalry.— N. B. The Brigade of 
Irregular Cavalry, consisting of the 1st Local Horse, under Col. James Skinner. 

1st Division of Infantry. —Major-Gen. Reynell, C. B. to Command. Capt. 
R. W. Pogson, 69th N. Infantry, Assist. Adj.-General. Capt. W. C. Leadbeater, 
53rd N. Infantry, Assist. Quarter-Master-General. 

1st Infantry Brigade. —Brigadier-General J. M'Combe, to Command. Capt. 
G. T. Finucane, H. M. 14th Foot, Aide-de-Camp. Lieut. William Caine, H. M. 14th 
Foot, Major of Brigade.—To consist of H. M. 14th Foot, 23rd and 63rd Regiments 
N. Infantry. 

4th Infantry Brigade. —Brigadier T. Whitehead, 41st N. Infantry, to Command. 
Capt. R. Seymour, 26th N. Infantry, Major of Brigade.—To consist of the 32nd, 
41st, and 58th Regiments N. Infantry. 

5th Infantry Brigade. —Brigadier R. Paton, C. B.lSth N. Infantry, to Command. 
Capt. J. Home, 16th N. Infantry, Major of Brigade.—To consist of the 6th, 18th, 
and 60th Regiments N. Infantry. 

2 nd Division of Infantry. —Major-Gen. J. Nicolls, C. B. to Command. Capt. 
R. Carmichael, H. M. 59th Regiment, Aide-de-Camp. Capt. D. D. Anderson, 29th 
Regiment N. Infantry, Assist. Adj.-General. Capt. W. Penny, 1st Extra Regiment 
N. Infantry, Assist. Quarter-Master-General. 

2nd Infantry Brigade. —Brigadier M'Gregor, H. M. 59th Regiment, to Com¬ 
mand. Capt. S. A. Campbell, 3rd Regiment Light Cavalry, Major of Brigade.—To 
consist of H. M. 59th Regiment, 11th and 31st Regiments N. Infantry. 

3rd Infantry Brigade. —Brigadier-General J. W. Adams, to Command. Capt. 
G. D. Stoddart, 8th Regiment Light Cavalry, Aide-de-Camp. Capt. J. R. Fell, 25th 
Regiment N. Infantry, Major of Brigade.—To consist of the 33rd, 36th, and 37th 
Regiments N. Infantry. 

6th Infantry Brigade. —Brigadier-General W. J. Edwards, H. M. 14th Foot, 
to Command. Capt. T. Hall, H. M. 14th Foot, Aide-de-Camp. Lieut. P. La Touche, 
7th N. Infantry, Major of Brigade.—To consist of the 15th, 21st, and 35th Regiments 
N. Infantry. 

Lieut.-Col. Commandant A. M'Leod, C. B. Commandant of Artillery, will 
exercise the General Command of the whole of Artillery assembled for Service, with 
the rank of Brigadier of the First Class. 

Capt. J. Tennant, Assist. Adj.-General of Artillery, to continue to act as such 
with the Artillery in the Field. 

Brigadier M'Leod will be pleased to send in the name of an Officer to be 



APPENDIX. 83 

appointed to the charge of the Artillery Park, with the rank of Commissary of 
Ordnance. 

Lieut.-Col. Commandant Hetzler, C. B., to command the Artillery with the 
Battering Train, with the rank of Brigadier of the Second Class; and Lieut.-Col. 
Commandant C. Brown to command the Horse Artillery and light Field-pieces 
attached to the Artillery, with the rank also of Brigadier of the Second Class. 

Brigadiers Hetzler and Brown will be pleased to select, and send the names of 
Officers'to fill the situations of Major of Brigade to their respective Divisions. 

Lieut.-Col. T. Anburey, C. B., Principal Engineer, to have the rank of Bri¬ 
gadier; Lieut. H. Irvine to be Major of Brigade to the Engineer Corps travelling in 
the Field. 

Capt. J. H. Dawkins, Aide-de-Camp to the Right Hon. the CommandeMn- 
Chief, is appointed Deputy Post-Master General with the Head-Quarters of the 
Army in the Field. 

Lieut. J. M'Dermot, H. M. 14th Foot, is to be Baggage-Master to the Army. 

Brigadier-Gen. Sleigh, C. B., will be pleased to select, and send in the names 
of three smart, active, and intelligent Non-commissioned Officers of Dragoons, for 
appointments as Assistant Baggage Master of Divisions. 

Major-Gen. Reynell, C. B., will be pleased to select, and send in the name of 
a Non-commissioned Officer from H. M. 14th Foot, for the appointment of Provost- 
Marshal. 

General Officers commanding Divisions, are directed to send in the names of 
proper qualified Non-commissioned Officers, for the appointment of Deputy Provost- 
Marshal with their respective Divisions. 

In all cases where Officers appointed to the foregoing Division or Brigade 
Staff situations, may be absent, temporary appointments to be made by Officers 
commanding Divisions or Brigades, and reported for confirmation. 

By Order of His Excellency the Right Hon. the Commander-in-Chief, 

(Signed) W. N. WATSON, 

1 Adjutant-General. 


Field General Orders. Camp before Bhurtpore, 13 th Dec. 1825. 

Parole — Futtyghur. 

Officiating Assist. Surgeon, J. Douglas, 14th N. Infantry, proceeding to join 
the Army, is, on his arrival in Camp, to be attached to the Field Hospital. 

A working party of the following strength, from each of the Infantry Divisions, 
to be sent to the Engineer Park to-morrow morning, and to be in attendance there 
at day-break, or as soon after as possible—100 Europeans, 250 Sepoys. 

o 2 





84 


APPENDIX. 


A Detachment, consisting of one and a half Company, to be furnished imme¬ 
diately from the 2nd Infantry Division, for the protection of the Engineer Park, and 
to provide small Escorts with cattle sent out for materials. The Officer commanding 
the party, to place himself under the orders of Brigadier Anbury, C. B. 

Lieut. G. E. Smyth, 3rd Light Cavalry, Major of Brigade Western Division, is 
directed to join and do duty with his Regiment on servioe with the Army on the 
Agra and Muttra Frontier. 


Field General Orders. Camp before Bhurtpore, 14 th Dec. 1825. 

A working party from each of the Infantry Divisions, consisting of 200 Sepoys, 
to be sent to the Engineer Park to-morrow morning at day-break; the Commis¬ 
sariat will also send to the same place all the spare camels in Camp, to be employed 
in bringing in materials. 

Assist. Surgeon John Menzies is directed, on his arrival in Camp, to join and 
do duty in the Field Hospital. 

Officers in Command of Posts and Piquet9, are peremptorily required to detain 
all persons coming out of the Fort at the Piquets or Posts, reporting the circum¬ 
stance immediately to the Field-officer of the Piquet, or to the Quarter-Master- 
General, and not to send them, as hitherto has been the practice, into the interior 
of their Camp, unless desired to do so by competent authority. Individuals also 
who may be the bearers of Letters or Despatches from the Fort, are not to be 
permitted to pass the Piquets, but to be detained there, and their Despatches 
to be forwarded to the Quarter-Master-General, for Lord Combermere’s information. 


Field General Orders. Camp before Bhurtpore, 14 th Dec. 1825. 

Parole —H attra s s . 

A working party of 40 Europeans and 160 Sepoys, from each of the Infantry 
Divisions, with a European Officer from the Corps furnishing the men respectively, 
and complement of Native Commissioned and Non-commissioned Officers, to be sent 
to the Engineer Park to-morrow at day-break. 

It is to be considered, that when working parties are ordered, a proportion of 
European Commissioned Officers must invariably accompany the men from each 
Regiment, and remain with them till the tour of duty is finished. Working parties 
are to attend in undress, and without arms, unless otherwise ordered. Officers 
commanding Native Corps, are directed to order the Choudries of their Bazaars to 
serve out daily, gratis, a ration to each of their men furnished as working parties 
from each of their Regiments. The Commissariat will supply the Choudries with 




APPENDIX. 


83 


the requisite means; and Certificates, countersigned by the General of Division, and 
specifying the number of men sent from each Corps of their Divisions, to be daily 
forwarded to the Commissary-General, as a voucher of the disbursements. 

Officers commanding European Corps, will draw a Bill on the Commissariat, 
to be countersigned by Generals of Divisions, at the rate of four annas per man 
daily, for the men severally furnished from their Regiments as working parties, 
with retrospective effect. 

A Detachment of three Companies of N. Infantry from the 2nd Infantry 
Division, with the usual proportion of ammunition, to march to-morrow morning 
to Agra, to receive charge, and escort the Commissariat Treasure on its way from 
Agra to Camp. 

Assist. Surgeon W. Leslie, M. D., and Surgeon at Meerut, is appointed tem¬ 
porary to the charge of the 23rd Regiment N. Infantry. 


Field General Orders. Camp before Bhurtpore, loth Dec. 1825. 

Parole —Meerut. 

Officers commanding Corps and Departments, to which public or hired camels 
are attached, are directed to prohibit in the strongest terms, the owners or 
attendants, when going out with their cattle for forage, from advancing too far 
into the Jungle in the direction of the Fort, or from proceeding too great a distance 
from the Camp, as they are liable to fall in with scattered parties of the Enemy's 
horsemen. 

Officers commanding Posts, or detached parties, having occasion to send into 
Camp for supplies from the Commissariat, are-instructed in all instances to provide 
a sufficiently strong escort to accompany the cattle for their protection. 

Indents from Corps on the Commissariat for provisions, to include at least three 
days’ supply. Indents for provisions are to be considered as immediate or pro¬ 
spective, but no arrears of rations in kind are on any account to be supplied. 


General Orders. Camp before Bhurtpore, 15 th Dec. 1825. 

His Excellency the Commander-in-Chief is pleased to permit Mr. John Hen- 
nessy to do duty as a Volunteer with H. M. 59th Reg’iment. Mr. Hennessy will 
join the Corps immediately, and report himself to the Officer commanding. 





86 


APPENDIX. 


General Orders. Head-Quarters, Camp before Bhurtpore, 16 th Dec. 1825. 

Lieut. D. Williams, of the 45th N. Infantry, is directed to join the Grand 
Army, and place himself under the orders of the Commissary-General. 

Lieut, the Hon. Wm. Stapleton, 5th Extra Regiment N. Infantry, is attached, 
till further orders, to the 41st N. Infantry, and is appointed to do duty with the 
Infantry Escort of the Right Hon. the Commander-in-Chief. 


Field General Orders. Camp before Bhurtpore, nth Dec. 1825. 

Parole — Buxar. 

The Commissariat will comply with the Indents for rations gratis, for the men 
of the 33rd Regiment N. Infantry employed as working parties at the Post under 
the command of Lieut.-Col. Faithfull; these Indents to be previously countersigned 
by Major-Gen. Nicolls, C. B. 

Working parties from each of the Divisions, of the same strength as ordered 
yesterday, to be sent to the Engineer Park to-morrow at day-break. Quarter- 
Masters’ Establishments, and the public cattle, to be sent as usual. 

Major A. Lockett, 63rd Regiment N. Infantry, Deputy-Secretary to Govern¬ 
ment Military Department, having joined the Army, is appointed to act as an Extra 
Aide-de-Camp to the Right Hon. the Commander-in-Chief during the present 
service. 


General Orders. Head-Quarters, Camp before Bhurtpore, 18 th Dec. 1825. 

Assist. Surgeon H. Smith, M. D., Officiating Surgeon to the Commander-in- 
Chief, having joined the Army, is appointed to afford Medical aid to the General 
Staff attached to Head-Quarters. 


Field General Orders. Camp before Bhurtpore, 18 th Dec. 1825. 

Parole — Gyah. 

Lieut. Arabin, 7th N. Infantry, will join and do duty with the 1st Company of 
Pioneers until the arrival in Camp of the 7th Company, to which he stands appointed 
in General Orders. 

Working parties from each of the Infantry Divisions, of the same strength as 
yesterday, to be sent to-morrow at day-break to the Engineer Park. Quarter- 
Masters’ Establishments, and public cattle, to be sent as before. 





APPENDIX. 


87 


Field General Orders. Camp before Bhurtpore, 19 th Dec. 1825. 

Parole — Gazeepore. 

A working- party from each of the Infantry Divisions, of the same strength as 
yesterday, to be sent to-morrow at day-break to the^ Engineer Park. The Quarter- 
Masters’ Establishments, and public cattle, to be sent there as usual. A Carpenter 
is also directed to be furnished from each of the Corps in the 1st and 2nd Divisions 
of Infantry. 

A Detachment, consisting of five Companies from the 1st Infantry Division, 
will march to-morrow morning, and take charge of 300 Hackaries proceeding from 
the Artillery Park, for ammunition and stores, to Agra. 

With reference to an Act of Parliament, 54th and 86th Geo. III. on the subject 
of Prize Property Agents, and claims thereto, the Field General Orders of the 16th 
instant, appointing a Prize Committee, and directing Prize Agents to be nominated 
by ballot for each of the Divisions of the Army, and by the General Staff, is hereby 
cancelled ; and it is now ordered, in conformity with the provision of the aforesaid 
Act, that two Agents only be appointed for the Army. 

His Excellency the Commander-in-Chief and the Field Officers will nominate one 
Agent, and the other to be appointed by the Captains and Subaltern Officers with 
the Army. The Prize Agents will be furnished with the required letters of attorney 
appointing them Agents for the Army ; and they will be prepared on their part, 
to give security in the sum of £2000 sterling each. The Prize Agents, on all 
points of duty connected with their Agency, will be guided by the spirit and letter 
of the Act of Parliament before cited, and which is to be found in Carroll’s Code 
of Regulations, Chap. 59. 

That part of the Field General Orders of the 16th instant, which directs that all 
property captured from the Enemy by any individual of the Army, be forthwith 
delivered up to the Prize Agents, and imposes the forfeiture of all claim to share, 
besides other penalties, on individuals who may be discovered secreting or detaining 
property, knowing it to be a Prize—and further requiring the Agents to demand 
all Prize Property, wherever it may be discovered—remains in full force. 


General Orders. Camp before Bhurtpore, 20 th Dec. 1825. 

Assist. Surgeon A. W. Stuart is appointed to the Medical charge of the Sappers 
and Miners, and Establishments attached to it, from the 29th October last. 

Detachment Orders by Lieut.-Col. Murray, C.B., dated 24th November, and 








88 


APPENDIX. 


Brigade Orders, dated 14th December, 1825, the former appointing Officiating 
Assist. Surgeon Barber to the Medical charge 1st Brigade Horse Artillery, and the 
latter, directing the same Officer to afford Medical aid to the 1st Troop 2nd Brigade 
Horse Artillery, are confirmed. 


Field General Orders. Camp before Bhurtpore, 20 ih Dec. 1825. 

Parole — Barrackpore. 

A Foraging Party of the same strength as yesterday, of Cavalry and Infantry, 
to parade to-morrow morning at eight o’clock in front of H. M. 11th Dragoons. 
The 1st Infantry Division to give the Company. The Senior Officer of the party 
to wait upon the Quarter-Master-General this evening, for instructions. 

Working parties, and Quarter-Masters’ Establishments, and Carpenters from 
each of the Infantry Divisions, as yesterday, to be sent to the Engineer Park to¬ 
morrow at day-break. The public cattle to be ordered as usual. 

In consequence of rations being served out to the Troops and followers every 
third day, the daily reports from Commandants of Corps and Departments, called 
for in Field General Orders of the 12th instant, are dispensed with; and General 
Officers of Divisions will be good enough to report every third day, on the state of 
supplies of the several Corps in their respective Divisions. 


General Orders. Camp before Bhurtpore, 21 st Dec. 1825. 

Assist. Surgeon A. W. Stuart is directed to afford Medical aid to the 1st and 
7th Companies of Pioneers, as well as to all Establishments attached to the Engineer 
Brigade. 


Field General Orders. Camp before Bhurtpore, 21 st Dec. 1825. 

Parole —Lu cknow. 

Lieut, and Brev.-Capt. Drury, 15th Regiment N. Infantry, having arrived in 
Camp with the 7th Company of Pioneers, is directed to make over the Company 
to Lieut. Arabin, appointed to the Command of it in General Orders, and to join his 
Regiment. 

Working parties from each of the Infantry Divisions, of the same strength as 
ordered yesterday. Quarter-Masters’ Establishments, Carpenters, and public cattle, 
to be sent as usual to the Engineer Park to-morrow at day-break. 





APPENDIX. 


89 


General Orders. Camp before Bhurtpore, 22nd Dec. 1825. 

Assist. Surgeon A. Menzies, from the 1st Regiment Local Horse, is appointed 
to do duty with the 8th Regiment Light Cavalry, and directed to join immediately. 

Capt. Aire, 64th Regiment N. Infantry, is directed to join and do duty with 
the 63rd, during the present service. 


Field General Orders. Camp before Bhurtpore, 22nd, Dec. 1825. 

Parole — Secrora. 

A Foraging Party, of the same strength in Cavalry and Infantry as yesterday, 
to parade at eight o’clock to-morrow morning in front of H. M. 11th Dragoons. 
The 1st Infantry Division to furnish the Company. The Senior Officer of the party 
to wait on the Quarter-Master-General this evening, for instructions. 

A Detachment of two Companies from the 2nd Infantry Division, to march 
to-morrow morning in charge of Ordnance Cattle proceeding to Agra. The 
Officer commanding it, to wait on Brigadier M'Leod, C. B., Commandant of Artillery, 
this evening, for instructions. 

A Company of Native Infantry from the 2nd Division, to be sent to the 
Engineer Park at day-break to-morrow, and the Officer to be directed to place 
himself under the orders of Brigadier Anburey, C, B. Working parties of the same 
strength as this day. Quarter-Masters’ Establishments, Carpenters, and public 
cattle, to be sent as usual to the Engineer Park to-morrow at day-break. 


Field General Orders. 

Head-Quarters, Camp before Bhurtpore, 23 rd Dec. 1825. 

Parole — Meerut. 

The nature of the operations upon which the Army is about to be employed, 
requiring that the Infantry Regiments should have as few calls upon them for 
Guards as possible, the Right Hon. the Commander-in-Chief is pleased to direct, 
that the following Detail only be furnished ; all other Guards not included in this 
statement, are forthwith to be withdrawn. 


p 













90 APPENDIX. 


Regimental Guards for a Corps of Cavalry or Infantry. 



Native 

Officers. 

Havildars. 

Naicks. 

Drummers. 

Sepoys. 

Quarter or Standard Guard .... 

i 

2 

2 

2 

20 

Rear Guard. 

— 

1 

1 

— 

12 

Ammunition Guard . 

— 

— 

1 

— 

4 

Commanding Officer’s Guard . . . 

— 

— 

1 

— 

4 

Hospital Guard. 

— 

— 

1 

— 

4 

Bazaar Guard. 

— 

— 

1 

— 

4 

Mess Guard. 

— 

— 

1 

— 

4 

Total . 

i 

3 

8 

2 

52 


Regimental Staff will send their Records for protection to the Quarter or Rear 
Guards respectively. General Officers of Divisions to have a Guard, consisting of 
one Jemadar, one Havildar, two Naicks, and twenty Sepoys, from their respective 
Divisions. Brigadier-Generals and Brigadiers to have Guards, consisting of one 
Havildar, one Naick, and twelve Sepoys, from their respective Brigades. 

Assistant Adjutant-Generals, Deputy-Assistant Quarter-Master-Generals of 
Divisions having Offices, one Naick and. four Sepoys each ; Commissariat Depot to 
have Guards of one Havildar, one Naick, and twelve Sepoys each; for the general 
duties of an European Regiment of Infantry attached to a Division, a Guard of one 
Havildar, two Naicks, and sixteen Sepoys. 

Besides the foregoing Regimental and Division Guards, the following Details 
of General Guards to be taken by Divisions respectively, and to be relieved 
weekly, on Monday morning. 


First Division of Guards. 



Native 

Officers. 

Havildars. 

Naicks. 

Drummers 

Sepoys. 

The Commander-in-Chicf’s Guard .... 

4 

12 

12 

4 

150 

Sir Charles Metcalfe’s Guard. 

2 

6 

6 

2 

100 

For the general Duties of the Horse Artillery,'! 


1 

o 


16 

Head-Quarters. j 





For H. M. 11th Dragoons. 

1 

1 

2 

— 

24 

■-16th Lancers. 

1 

1 

2 

— 

24 

Provost-Marshal. 

1 

2 

2 

— 

20 

Head-Quarter Suddur Bazaar. 

—_ 

1 

1 

_ 

12 

Military Secretary to the Commander - in-\ 
Chief’s Office.j 



1 






4 

Quarter-Master General H. M. Forces . . 

— 

— 

1 

— 

4 

Adjutant-General ditto .... 

— 

— 

1 

— 

4 

Judge-Advocate General’s . 

— 

— 

i 

— 

4 

Field Pay-Master of the Army. 

— 

— 

1 

— 

4 

Superintending Surgeon. 

— 


1 

— 

4 

Quarter-Master General, Company’s Service 

— 

— 

1 

— 

4 

- General Purposes . 

1 

2 

2 

— 

24 

Hospital Guard, including Medical Store 

— 

i 

2 

— 

16 

Total ....... 

10 

27 

38 

6 

414 











































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91 


Second Division of Guards. 



Native 

Officeis. 

Havildars. 

Naicks. 

Drummers. 

Sepoys. 

Artillery Park Guard. 

6 

18 

18 

6 

300 

Engineer ditto ditto . 

2 

6 

6 

2 

100 

The Commiss.-Gen. for Office and Treasury 

— 

1 

1 

— 

12 

Rum Dep6t. 

— 

— 

1 

— 

8 

Total. 

8 

25 

26 

8 

420 


Orderlies are to be furnished from Cavalry and Infantry Corps as at present. 
The Cavalry Escort with the Right Hon. the Commander-in-Chief, to remain as at 
present constituted. 

Working parties of 150 Europeans and 800 Sepoys, from each of the Infantry 
Divisions, to parade this afternoon at four o’clock in front of H. M. 14th and 59th 
Regiments. An Engineer Officer to accompany each party. A working party 
will also be furnished from H. M. 11th Dragoons, consisting of 100 men, with a 
proportion of Officers. One half of this detail to join the 1st, and the remainder 
the 2nd Infantry Division party at four p. m. 

Working parties are always to proceed to their Trenches with their Arms and 
Accoutrements, which will be deposited in some convenient place near to the work 
carrying on. The Troops at the Posts of Kuddum Kundee and Buldeo Singh’s 
Garden, occupied this morning, are to be relieved this afternoon at three o’clock, 
by parties of the following strength : one Troop H. M. 11th Dragoons, one Troop 
Light Cavalry, one Company European Infantry, one Regiment N. Infantry. • The 
Posts of Buldeo Singh’s Garden by the 1st Division, and that of Kuddum Kundee 
by the 2nd Division of Infantry. 

The detail for carrying on the duties of Camp, as laid down in Field General 
Orders of the 8th December, will be resumed ; and the arrangement directed to be 
made in Field General Orders of the 12th December, by Divisions respectively for 
this purpose, to be discontinued. 

General Officer for the Day to-morrow, Brigadier-General Edwards. 

Field Officer, Lieut.-Col. Nation. 

Major of Brigade, 1st Infantry Brigade. 

Adjutant, H. M. 14th Foot. 

The General of the Day will consider himself vested with the general charge 
of the Advance Posts and Trenches, and will report all occurrences and casualties 
in person to His Excellency Lord Combermere, on being relieved from that duty. 

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The Native Soldiery, when proceeding- on duties of labour for particular 
service, are to be permitted to parade in their Dtolies, and the pantaloons on suck 
occasions to be dispensed with. 

Relief working- parties for the Trenches to parade to-morrow morning- at day¬ 
break in front of their respective Divisions, and to proceed under the Command of 
the Senior Officer to the Post of Kuddum Kundee and Buldeo Sing-h’s Garden, in 
streng-th as follows: 1st Infantry Division for Buldeo Singh’s Garden, 700 Sepoys; 
2nd Infantry Division for Kuddum Kundee, 700 Sepoys. 

A Foraging Party of the same strength as yesterday, in Cavalry and Infantry, 
to parade on the left of Major-General Nicolls’ Division, at eight o’clock to-morrow 
morning. The Senior Officer of the party to wait upon the Quarter-Master- 
General this evening, for instructions. The 2nd Infantry Division to give the 
Company. _ 

General Orders, Head-Quarters , Camp before Bhurtpore, 23 rd Dec. 1825. 

The Commander-in-Chief has received with much pleasure, the report of the 
excellent conduct of a Jemadar of the 4th Light Cavalry, Sheik Rangaun Ally, 
who was sent out with twenty Troopers to protect the Foraging Party on the 19th 
instant, and who, by steady soldier-like example, and the judicious arrangement 
of his small force, kept off a very large body of the Enemy’s Horse, saved the 
Foragers he was sent to protect, and brought off his Detachment in the face of the 
Enemy for a considerable distance, with no other loss than two men and three 
horses wounded. His Lordship, in consideration of the foregoing service, as well 
as of the high character borne by this Native Officer, is pleased to promote 
Jemadar Sheik Rangaun Ally to the rank of Subadar, from the 19th instant, and to 
direct that he be borne upon the Roll of the 4th Light Cavalry as a Supernumerary, 
until a vacancy occurs. His Lordship further directs, that his approbation may be 
communicated to the whole of the Party, for their steady conduct on this occasion. 
Officers will perceive from this occurrence, the propriety of not detaching any weak 
parties to a distance from Camp. The above to be explained to the several 
Regiments in Camp, on the first Grand Parade that takes place. 


Field General Orders. Camp before Bhurtpore, 24th Dec. 1825. 

General for the Day to-morrow, Brigadier Whitehead. 

Field Officer, Lieutenant-Colonel Cooper. 

Major of Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division. 

Adjutant, H. M. 59th Regiment. 

The Advanced Posts of Buldeo Singh’s Garden and Kuddum Kundee to be 




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relieved this afternoon at three o’clock, by parties of similar strength in Infantry 
as directed in yesterday’s Orders, from the 1st and 2nd Divisions respectively. 
H. M. 11th Dragoons, and 4th Light Cavalry, will relieve the two Troops at 
present on duty at the Posts; and the Officers commanding them, to consider 
themselves as placed under the immediate orders of the General of the Day, to 
whom they will report accordingly. 

The remaining Guns of the Light Field Battery (from which a portion has 
already been attached) on duty at the Advanced Posts, are to be ordered down to 
join this afternoon, and to be considered as placed under the orders of the General 
of the Day. 

One hundred Sepoys (Goorkas) from the Sirmoor Detachment, with a pro¬ 
portion of Native Officers, to be sent to Buldeo Singh’s Garden at three p. m. ; 
and the Officer in Command is instructed to report himself to the General of the 
Day. 

Working parties for the Trenches will parade in front of H. M. 14th and 59th 
Regiments, this afternoon at four o’clock, and to be furnished as follows: by the 
1st Infantry Division, for the Posts of Buldeo Singh’s Garden, 200 Europeans, and 
450 Sepoys; by the 2nd Division, for the Post of Kuddum Kundee, 100 Europeans, 
and 400 Sepoys. An Engineer Officer to attend at the hour appointed. 

Officers proceeding in charge of working parties, are to be strictly cautioned 
to pay particular attention to the conduct of the men under their command, whilst 
employed on working duties, and to prevent fires being lighted in the Trenches, 
and any unnecessary noise being made. 

Relief working parties for the Trenches to parade to-morrow morning at day¬ 
break in front of H. M. 14th and 59th Regiments, and to be furnished as follows: 
1st Infantry Division, 450 Sepoys, for the Post of Buldeo Singh’s Garden ; 2nd 
Infantry Division, 400 Sepoys, for the Post of Kuddum Kundee. 

A Foraging Party to parade to-morrow morning at eight o’clock in front of 
H. M. 14th Foot, of the same strength in Cavalry and Infantry as ordered yester¬ 
day. The 1st Infantry Division to give the Company. The Senior Officer to wait 
on the Quarter-Master-General this evening, for instructions. 

The Hon. Lieut.-Col. Finch (H.M. S.), Military Secretary to the Commander- 
in Chief, is appointed Prize-Agent for His Excellency and the Field-Officers of the 
Army. 

The second Agent, authorized to be nominated by the Captains and Subalterns, 
is to be selected from the Hon. Company’s Service, and may be an Officer of any 
rank. 

The General Officers commanding Divisions, and Commandants of Depart¬ 
ments, are requested to collect, without delay, the Votes for a Prize-Agent from 








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the Captains and Subalterns of their Divisions and Commands respectively, and 
will transmit them to the Adjutant-General. 

It is ordered to be proclaimed through the several Suddur Bazaars in Camp, 
and Bazaars of Corps, that any person bringing - in cannon-shot or shell, delivering 
them into the Park, to the Commissary or Deputy-Commissary of Ordnance, will 
be entitled to rewards, as follows : 

For every 241b. shot . 12 annas. 

— - 8 & 12 ditto. 6 ditto. 

— - 6 ditto. 4 ditto. 

-13-inch shell .... 2 rupees. 

- 10-inch ditto .... 1 rupee, 4 annas. 

- 8-inch ditto .... 1 rupee. 

The Commissary or Deputy-Commissary of Ordnance, will grant Certificates 
for shot or shell received, and the Commissariat is directed to pay the amount on 
presentation of Certificate so furnished. 

To-morrow being Christmas-Day, the usual gratuity of extra Batta to be 
issued to the Europeans in Camp. 


Field General Orders. Camp before Bhurtpore, 25 th Dec. 1825. 

General for the Day to-morrow. Brigadier Paton, C. B. 

Field Officer for ditto, Lieut.-Col. Lefevre. 

Major of Brigade for ditto, 3rd Infantry Brigade. 

Adjutant for ditto, 6th Regiment N. Infantry. 

The Advanced Posts of Buldeo Singh’s Garden and Kuddum Kundee, to be 
relieved this afternoon at three o’clock, by parties of similar strength in Infantry 
as yesterday, from the 1st and 2nd Divisions respectively. H. M. 11th Dragoons 
and 4th Light Cavalry, will relieve the Troops from their Regiments on duty at 
these Posts, at the same time. The above Cavalry detail to be considered as placed 
under the immediate Command of the General of the Day, to whom the Officer in 
command of each party will report himself. 

The detail from the Sirmoor Detachments on duty at Buldeo Singh’s Garden, 
to be relieved at three o’clock this afternoon. 

A working party, consisting of a complete Regiment of N. Infantry, from the 
1st Infantry Division, including the details of the Regiments on Piquets, with all 
its Officers and Medical Staff, to parade at four p. m. to relieve the working parties 
at the Trenches. The Piquets of the Regiments proceeding on duty, to be replaced 
by arrangements for that purpose under the orders of the Generals of Divisions. 















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95 


A working- party of 100 men, from H. M. 14th and 59th Foot, to parade at 
the same hour, and to proceed to the same destination. 

A relief working- party, of a complete Reg-iment of N. Infantry, as above 
detailed, from the 2nd Infantry Division, to parade to-morrow at day-break, and 
to proceed to the Trenches. 

A Forag-ing- Party to parade to-morrow morning at eight o’clock in front of 
H. M. 59th Regiment, of the usual strength in Cavalry and Infantry. The 2nd 
Infantry Division to give the Company; and the Senior Officer of the party to wait 
on the Quarter-Master-General of the Army this evening, for instructions. 

The Commissariat is directed daily to send down to the Trenches a supply of 
sweetmeats, authorized to be served out to the working parties on duty there, at 
the rate of half a seer per man. 

Assistant-Surgeon Gray, M. D., is directed to join and do duty with the Foot 
Artillery. 

Field General Orders. Camp before Bhurtpore, 26 th Dec. 1825. 

General for the Day to-morrow, Brigadier-General M'Combe. 

Field Officer for ditto, Lieut.-Col. P. Starling. 

Major of Brigade for ditto, 4th Infantry Brigade. 

Adjutant for ditto, 11th Regiment N. Infantry. 

The Advanced Posts of Buldeo Singh’s Garden and Kuddum Kundee, to be 
relieved this afternoon by parties from 1st and 2nd Infantry Divisions, of the same 
strength, and at the same hour, as yesterday. The Cavalry details on duty at 
these Posts, to be also relieved at three p. m. 

A working party of 100 men, from H. M. 14th and 59th Regiments, and a 
complete Regiment of N. Infantry (including the Piquet), with all its Officers and 
Medical Staff, from the 2nd Infantry Division, to parade this afternoon at four p. m. 
to relieve working party at the Trenches. 

A relief working party, of a complete Regiment of N. Infantry, from the 1st 
Infantry Division, to proceed to the Trenches to-morrow morning at day-break. 

A Foraging Party, of the usual strength, to parade at eight o’clock to-morrow 
morning in front of H. M. 14th Foot. The 1st Infantry Division to give the Com¬ 
pany ; and the Senior Officer of the party to wait upon the Quarter-Master-General 
this evening, for instructions. 

The detail of the Sirmoor Detachment on duty at Buldeo Singh’s Garden, 
to be relieved this afternoon at four o’clock. 







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APPENDIX. 


Field General Orders. Camp before Bhurtpore, 27 th Dec. 1825. 

General for the Day to-morrow, Brigadier-General Edwards. 

Field Officer for ditto, Lieut.-Col. Boyer. 

Major of Brigade for ditto, 5th Infantry Brigade. 

Adjutant for ditto, 15th N. Infantry. 

The Advanced Posts to be relieved this afternoon by parties from 1st and 2nd 
Infantry Divisions, of the same strength, and at the same hour, as yesterday. 

Cavalry details on these Posts to be relieved at three p. m. Officers command¬ 
ing Infantry Regiments and Cavalry details, coming on duty, are directed to report 
to the General Officer of the Day as soon as they are taking up their respective 
positions. 

A working party of 100 men, from H. M. 14th and 59th Regiments, and a 
complete Regiment of N. Infantry, including the Piquet, with all its Officers and 
Medical Staff, from 1st Infantry Division, to parade this afternoon at four, to 
relieve the working party at the Trenches. 

A relief working party of the usual strength, a complete Regiment of 
N. Infantry, from 2nd Infantry Division, to proceed to the Trenches to-morrow 
morning at day-break. 

A Foraging Party, of the usual strength, to parade at eight o’clock to-morrow 
morning in front of H. M. 59th Regiment. The 2nd Infantry Division to give the 
Company; and the Senior Officer of the party to wait upon the Quarter-Master- 
General this evening, for instructions. 

The details of the Sirmoor Battalion on duty at Buldeo Singh’s Garden, to be 
relieved this afternoon at four o’clock. 


Field General Orders. Camp before Bhurtpore, 28 th Dec. 1825. 

General for the Day to-morrow. Brigadier Paton, C. B. 

Field Officer for ditto. Major Fuller, H. M. 59th Regiment. 
Brigade-Major for ditto, 6th Infantry Brigade. 

Adjutant for ditto, 18th Regiment N. Infantry. 

The Advanced Posts to be relieved this afternoon by parties from 1st and 2nd 
Infantry Divisions, of the same strength, and at the same time, as yesterday. 

The Cavalry details, on duty at these Posts, to be relieved at three p. m. ; and 
Officers commanding Infantry Regiments and Cavalry details, coming on duty, are 
directed to report themselves for orders to the General Officer of the Day. 

The Head.Quarters of the General Officer of the Day, for the present, is 




APPENDIX. 


97 


established at the Post of Buldeo Singh’s Garden. The detail on duty from the 
Sirnioor Battalion, at the Advanced Posts, to be relieved this afternoon at four 
o’clock. 

A working party of 100 men from H. M. 14th and 59th Regiments, and a 
complete Regiment of N. Infantry from the 2nd Infantry Division, to parade at four 
o’clock, to relieve the working party at the Trenches. 

All working parties to move off at the appointed hour from their own parades, 
and to rendezvous in rear of the left of the second Mortar Battery at Buldeo Singh’s 
Garden, near to the tools, where an European Officer will be in attendance to 
point out the work to be performed. 

A relief working party, of a complete Regiment of N. Infantry, from the 1st 
Infantry Division, to proceed to the Trenches to-morrow morning at day-break. 

A Foraging Party of the same strength in Cavalry and Infantry, to parade 
to-morrow morning in front of H. M. 14th Regiment. The 1st Infantry Division to 
give the Company; and the Senior Officer of the party to wait on the Quarter- 
Master-General this evening, for instructions. 

The public cattle to be sent to the Engineer Park to-morrow, and every day 
until further orders, at the usual hour. 

Quarter-Masters’ Establishments to be sent as before directed, until further 
orders. 

Officers commanding working parties, are directed to send a Non-commissioned 
Officer or Sepoy to the Commissariat, for the purpose of conducting the sweet¬ 
meats to the place where it may be most convenient to have them distributed, with 
a note specifying the number of men for whom this indulgence is required. 

General Orders. Head-Quarters, Camp before Bhurtpore, 28 th Dec, 1825. 

The Commander-in-Chief is pleased to appoint Brevet-Captain Hake, of H. M. 
16th Lancers, to the superintendence of the Field Telegraph. An establishment of 
one European Non-commissioned Staff, one Lascar, and three Coolies, is autho¬ 
rized to be attached to each Field Telegraph in use. The above appointment to 
have effect from the 22nd instant. 

v 1 

Field General Orders. Camp before Bhurtpore, 29 th Dec. 1825. 

The three Senior Field Officers of Infantry without Brigades, viz. Lieut.-Col. 
Commandant Fagan, Lieut.-Cols. Nation and Price, are brought on the Roster of 
Generals of the Day, until further orders. 

General for the Day to-morrow, Lieut.-Col. Commandant Fagan. 

Field Officer for ditto, Major Everard, 14th Foot. 

Brigade-Major for ditto, 1st Infantry Brigade. 

Adjutant for ditto, 23rd N. Infantry. 

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The Advanced Posts to be relieved this afternoon at three o’clock, by parties; 
of the usual strength, from the 1st and 2nd Infantry Divisions. H.M. 11th Dra¬ 
goons, and the Sirmoor Detachment, on duty at these Posts, to be also relieved at 
the same hour; and Officers in command of details, to report themselves for orders 
to the General Officer for the Day. 

The two Troops furnished by the 4th Light Cavalry, to be discontinued. 

A working party of 100 men from H. M. 14th and 59th .Regiments, and 200 
Sepoys from the 1st Infantry Division, with a full proportion of European and 
Native Officers, and a Medical Officer, to proceed from their respective parades at 
four p. m. to relieve the party at the Trenches. 

A relief working party, of a complete Regiment of N. Infantry, from the 2nd 
Infantry Division, to come on duty to-morrow morning; five Companies of it to 
proceed at gun-fire, and to remain at the Trenches till eleven a. m. when they will 
be relieved by the remaining five Companies of the Regiment, The Medical 
Officer to proceed with 1st Division, and remain on duty throughout the day, till 
2nd Division of it is relieved by the working party furnished for the evening. 

Officers commanding working parties will be particularly careful, on arrival of 
the details at the Advanced Posts, to place them under cover, until the Engineer 
on duty at the Trenches may be ready to point out the work on which, their men 
are to be employed. 

The Infantry Piquets to mount, till further orders, at five p. m. and to be with¬ 
drawn from their position at day-break, and permitted to return to their tents. 
The Infantry Piquets to remain in readiness to turn out at the shortest notice, as 
before directed. 

A Foraging Party of the usual strength in Cavalry and Infantry, to parade 
to-morrow morning in front of H. M. 59th Regiment. The 2nd Division to give 
the Company; and the Senior Officer of the party to wait upon the Quarter-Master- 
General this evening, for instructions. 


General Orders. Head-Quarters, Camp before Bhurtpore, ‘IQth Dec. 1825. 

The Commander-in-Chief is pleased to make the following removals and 
posting to Corps: Lieut.-Col. T. Wilson from the 16th N. Infantry to the 41st 
Regiment; Lieut.-Col. S. Fraser from 41st N. Infantry to the 16th Regiment 
N. Infantry. _ 

Field General Orders. Camp before Bhurtpore, 30 th Dec. 1825. 

General Officer for the Day to-morrow, Lieut.-Col. Nation. 

Field Officer for ditto. Major Ward, 21st N. Infantry. 

Adjutant for ditto, 32nd Regiment N. Infantry. 





Appendix. 


99 


The Advanced Posts to be relieved by details of the usual strength, from 
Cavalry and Infantry Divisions, this afternoon at three o’clock. 

A working party of 100 men from H. M. 14th and 59th Regiments, and 200 
Sepoys from the 2nd Infantry Division, to proceed from their respective parades at 
four p. m. to relieve the party at the Trenches. A Medical Officer to attend from the 
Regiment furnishing the N. Infantry detail. 

■ • • ■ . . r* ■ 

A relief working party* of a complete Regiment N. Infantry, from the 1st 
Infantry Division, to come on duty to-morrow morning : one-half of this Regiment 
to move down to the Trenches at day-break, and the remaining five Companies to 
be relieved at eleven a. M. The Medical Officer to proceed with the 1st Division 
of the Regiment, and to continue on duty as directed in General Orders of yesterday. 

A Foraging Party, of the usual strength, to parade to-morrow morning at 
eight o’clock; and the Senior Officer of the party to wait on the Quarter-Master- 
General this evening, for instructions. 

The Squadron of Cavalry and Company of N. Infantry coming on this duty, 
are directed to assemble, till further orders, at the appointed hour, immediately on 
the left of the Infantry Lines, to which point all public and private cattle intended 
to be sent out with the Foraging Party, are to be ordered. The 1st Infantry 
Division to give the Company. 

Field General Orders. Camp before Bhurtpore, 31 st Dee. 1825. 

General for the Day to-morrow, Lieut.-Col. Price, 11th Reg. N. Infantry. 

Field Officer for ditto. Major Kennett, 27th N. Infantry. 

Major of Brigade for ditto, 3rd Infantry Brigade. 

Adjutant for ditto, 21st N. Infantry. 

The Muster of the Hon. Company’s Troops and Establishments will be taken 
on the 2nd proximo, in Division respectively, under such orders for that purpose 
as General Officers may be pleased to issue. Brigadiers M'Leod and Anburey will 
also direct the Muster of their Departments and Establishments, at such time and 
in such manner as the circumstances of the Service may admit. Superintending 
Surgeon Readdie will muster the Dooley bearers and Hospital Establishments. 
Public cattle to be mustered in the Divisions and Departments to which they are 
severally attached. 

The Advanced Posts to be relieved by details from the Cavalry and Infantry 
Divisions, as directed in yesterday’s Orders, and at the same hour. 

A working party of 100 men from H. M. 14th and 59th Regiments, and 200 
Sepoys from the 1st Infantry Division, to march from their respective parades at 
four o’clock p. m. to relieve the party at the Trenches. A Medical Officer to be 
sent with the N. Infantry detail. 

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A relief working' party, of a complete Regiment N. Infantry, from the 2nd 
Infantry Division, to come on duty to-morrow morning, and to move down to the 
Trenches at the same hour as directed yesterday. This arrangement for the relief 
of working parties to be observed daily, until further orders. 

A Foraging Party, of the usual strength in Gavalry and Infantry, to parade 
to-morrow at eight a. m. ; and the Senior Officer to wait upon the Quarter-Master- 
General this evening, for instructions. The 2nd Infantry Division will give the 
Company. _ 

Field General Orders. Camp before Bhurtpore, 1st Jan. 1826. 

General for the Day to-morrow, Brigadier-General Adams, C. B. 

Field Officer for ditto. Major George Hunter, 41st N. Infantry. 

Major of Brigade for ditto, 4th Infantry Brigade. 

Adjutant for ditto, 33rd N. Infantry. 

The Advanced Posts to be relieved by the usual details from the Cavalry and 
Infantry Divisions, at the same hour as yesterday. 

The working party for this evening, and the relief working party coming on 
duty to-morrow morning, to be of the same strength as directed in yesterday’s 
orders. The Native Details for this evening to be furnished from the 2nd, and for 
to-morrrow morning, from the 1st Infantry Division. 

A Foraging Party, of the usual strength in Cavalry and Infantry, to parade at 
eight o’clock to-morrow morning on the left of the Infantry Lines; and the Senior 
Officer to wait upon the Quarter-Master-General this evening, for instructions.. 
The 1st Infantry Division to give the Company. 


Field General Orders. Camp before Bhurtpore, 2nd Jan. 1826. 

General for the Day to-morrow, Brigadier-General M'Combe. 

Field Officer for ditto. Major R. Bradden, 11th N. Infantry. 

Major of Brigade for ditto, 5th Infantry Brigade. 

Adjutant for ditto, 35th N. Infantry. 

The Advanced Posts to be relieved by the usual details from the Cavalry and 
Infantry Divisions, at three o’clock this afternoon. 

The working parties for this evening and to-morrow morning, to be of the 
same strength as furnished yesterday. 

A Foraging Party, of the usual detail of Cavalry and Infantry, to parade at 
eight o’clock to-morrow morning on the left of the Infantry Line; and the Senior 
Officer of the party to wait upon the Quarter-Master-General this evening, fos 
instructions. The 2nd Infantry Division to give the Company. 





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A Guard of one Havildar, one Naick, and twelve Sepoys, to be sent to the 
Hon. Lieut.-Col. Finch, Prize-Agent, and to be included in the 1st Division of 
Camp Guards. _ 

General Orders. Camp before Bhurtpore , 2nd Jan. 1826. 

The Commander-in-Chief is pleased to authorize the establishment of a Lack 
Hospital with the Army; to the charge of which, Assistant-Surgeon Murray, of 
H. M. 16th Lancers, is appointed. 

Officiating Assistant-Surgeon Barber is directed to do duty with H. M. 16th 
Lancers. 

Officiating Assistant-Surgeon Douglas is appointed to the charge of the 1st 
Brigade of Horse Artillery. 

Assistant-Surgeon James Steuart is appointed to the charge of the 6th Bat¬ 
talion of Artillery. 

Assistant-Surgeon Sivewright, of H. M. 59th Regiment, is directed to afford 
Medical assistance to the Detachment of the Sirmoor Battalion in Camp. 

Assistant-Surgeon Cotton, H. M. 14th Regiment, is directed to afford Medical 
aid to the 1st Nusserra Battalion in Camp. 


Field General Orders. Camp before Bhurtpore, 3rd Jan. 1826. 

General for the Day to-morrow, Brigadier-General Edwards. 

Field Officer for ditto. Major Gage, 36th Regiment N. Infantry. 

Major of Brigade for ditto, 6th Infantry Brigade. 

Adjutant for ditto, 37th Regiment N. Infantry. 

The Advanced Posts to be relieved by the usual details from the Cavalry and 
Infantry Divisions, at three o’clock this afternoon. 

Foraging Party from Cavalry and Infantry, as daily furnished, to parade on 
the left of the Infantry Line to-morrow morning at eight o’clock. 1st Infantry 
Division to give the Company; and the Senior Officer of the party to wait this 
evening upon the Quarter-Master-General, for instructions. 

The working parties are dispensed with until further orders. 

His Excellency the Commander-in-Chief, in order to meet the general senti¬ 
ments of the Captains and Subalterns of the Army in the election of a Prize-Agent, 
is pleased to rescind that part of Field General Orders 26th Dec. 1825, which 
restricted the nomination to an Officer of the Hon. Company’s Service. Officers 
commanding Regiments of Cavalry and Infantry Departments and Corps, will 
forthwith collect, and transmit direct to the Office of the Adjutant-General of the 
Army, the suffrages of the Captains and Subalterns under their command respec- 








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tiVely; the Act of Parliament providing that the individual to be selected as Prize- 
Agent, lilust have' a majority of the votes of the Captains and Subaltern Officers; 
the same as notified for the information and guidance of the parties voting for the 
second Prize-Agent. _ 

Field General Orders. Camp before Bhurtpore, 4th Jan. 1826. 

General for the Day to-morrow, Brigadier Paton, C. B. 

Field Officer for ditto. Major Loder, 32nd Regiment N. Infantry. 

Major of Brigade for ditto, 1st Infantry Brigade. 

Adjutant for ditto, 36th Regiment N. Infantry. 

The Advanced Posts to be relieved by the usual details from the Cavalry and 
Infantry Divisions, at three o’clock this afternoon. 

The details coming on duty for the protection of the Trenches, will proceed 
to their respective positions by entering the Trenches by the right; and the parties 
to be relieved will leave the Trenches by the left, so as to prevent the passage to 
the Batteries being choked up by the relieving and the relieved details meeting in 
the same Trench. 

A Foraging Party, of the same strength as yesterday, to parade on the left of 
the Infantry Line at the usual time to-morrow morning. The 2nd Infantry Division 
to give the Company ; and the Senior Officer of the party to wait on the Quarter- 
Master-General this evening, for instructions. 

A working party of 100 men from H. M. 14th and 59th Regiments, to proceed 
to the Trenches from their respective parades, this afternoon, at half-past eleven 
o’clock. 

A relief working party of 500 Sepoys, from the 2nd Infantry Division, to come 
on duty to-morrow morning. _ 

. ■ • ( . I 31._> > ; . .'i (' ./ • •/•>»'I ' - r • • * * , : *W' > 

Field General Orders. Camp before Bhurtpore, 5th Jan. 1826 . 

General for the Day to-morrow, Lieut.-Col. Fagan. 

Field Officer for ditto, Lieut.-Col. Faithfull, 33rd Regiment. 

Major of Brigade for ditto, 2nd Infantry Brigade. 

Adjutant for ditto, 41st Regiment N. Infantry. 

The Advanced Posts to be relieved by the usual details from the Cavalry and 
Infantry Divisions, at three o’clock this afternoon. 

A Foraging Party, of the same strength as yesterday, to parade on the left of 
the Infantry Line, at the usual hour to-morrow morning. The 1st Infantry Division 
to give the Company; and the Senior Officer of the party to wait on the Quarter- 
Master-General this evening, for instructions. 

A working party of 100 men from H. M. 14th and 59th Regiments, to proceed 






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to the Trenches from their respective parades, this afternoon at half-past four 
o’clock. 

A working- party also, of 150 Sepoys, without arms, from the 1st Infantry 
Division, for the purpose of conveying- Ammunition to the Battery, to move down 
to the Trenches this evening at five o’clock; and the Officer in command to report 
himself to the General Officer on duty, for instructions. 

A relief working party, from, the 1st Infantry Division, of 500 Sepoys, to come 
on duty to-morrow morning. 

The Officers commanding the Detachment from the 1st Nusserra Sirmoor Local 
Battalion, are directed to Indent immediately on the Park for a fresh supply of ball 
and ammunition; and the cartridge at present in use with their men, to be given 
in to the Commander of Ordnance in charge of the Park. 

General Officers of Divisions will be pleased to call upon Brigadiers commanding 
their respective Brigades, minutely to inspect, and report without delay, upon the 
state of the arms in use with Regiments—as to their cleanliness, the state of their 
locks, the quality and quantities of service-ammunition and flints, and whether the 
latter are properly fixed. Any defective ammunition or flint should be replaced by 
Indent on the Park. The above reports, when collected, to be forwarded to the 
Adjutant-General, for the information of the Commander-in-Chief. 


Field General Orders. Camp before Bhurtpore, 6th Jan. 1826. 

General for the Day to-morrow, Lieut.-Col. Nation. 

Field Officer for ditto, Lieut.-Col. Delamain. 

Major of Brigade for ditto, 1st Infantry Brigade. 

Adjutant for ditto, 60th N. Infantry. 

A working party of 150 Sepoys, for the conveyance of Ammunition to the Bat¬ 
teries, to be sent from the 2nd Infantry Division immediately to the Trenches. This 
party to be relieved at sun-set by a similar detail from the 1st Infantry Division. 

The Advanced Posts to be relieved by the usual details from the Cavalry and 
Infantry Divisions, at three o’clock this afternoon. 

A Foraging Party, of the same strength as yesterday, to parade to-morrow 
morning at eight o’clock, a.m. ; and the Senior Officer to wait on the Quarter- 
Master-General this evening, for instructions. 2nd Infantry Division to give the 
Company. 




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Field General Orders. Camp before Bhurtpore, Tth Jan. 1826. 

General for the Day to-morrow, Brigadier-General Adams, C. B. 

Field Officer for ditto, Lieut.-Col. T. Wilson. 

Major of Brigade for ditto, 4th Infantry Brigade. 

Adjutant for ditto, 63rd N. Infantry. 

A working party, for the conveyance of Ammunition to the Batteries, of 150 
Sepoys, from the 1st Infantry Division, to proceed at noon to the Trenches, and a 
relieving party of the same strength to be sent from the 2nd Infantry Division at 
sun-set. 

The 1st Infantry Division will furnish a party for the same duty at gun-fire 
to-morrow, which will be relieved at noon from 2nd Infantry Division. 

The Advanced Posts to be relieved by the usual details from the Cavalry and 
Infantry Divisions, at sun-set this evening. 

A Foraging Party of Cavalry and Infantry, as yesterday, to parade to-morrow 
at eight a. m. ; and the Senior Officer is directed to wait upon the Quarter-Master- 
General this evening, for instructions. The 1st Infantry Division to give the 
Company. _ 

Field General Orders. Camp before Bhurtpore, 8th Jan. 1826. 

General for the Day to-morrow, Brigadier-General M‘Combe. 

Field Officer for ditto, Lieut.-Col. Blackney, 35th N. Infantry. 

Major of Brigade for ditto, 5th Infantry Brigade. 

Adjutant for ditto, H. M. 14th Foot. 

A working party, with the proportion of European Officers, for the conveyance 
of Ammunition to the Batteries, of 150 Sepoys, from the 1st Infantry Division, to 
proceed at sun-set to the Trenches, and to be relieved by a similar party from the 
2nd Infantry Division at gun-fire to-morrow morning; which will be relieved at 
boon by a similar party from the 1st Infantry Division. The Advanced Posts will 
be relieved by the usual details from the Cavalry and Infantry, at sun-set this 
evening. 

A Foraging Party of Cavalry and Infantry, as yesterday, to parade at eight 
a. M. ; and the Senior Officer is directed to wait upon the Quarter-Master-General 
this evening, for instructions. The 2nd Infantry Division to give the Company. 




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105 


Field General Orders. Camp before Bhurtpore, 9th Jan. 1826. 

General for the Day to-morrow, Brigadier-General Edwards. 

Field Officer for ditto, Lieutenant-Colonel Cooper. 

Major of Brigade for ditto, 6th Infantry Brigade. 

Adjutant for ditto, H. M. 59th Regiment. 

His Excellency the Commander-in-Chief is pleased to publish the following 
statement of the Suffrages of the Captains and Subalterns with the Army, in favour 
of a second Prize-Agent: 

For Major Battine, the Hon. Company’s Artillery .... 328 Votes. 

For Mr. Neville, Pay-Master H. M. 11th Light Dragoons 112 Votes. 

Majority in favour of Major Battine.216 

Major Battine is therefore nominated the second Prize-Agent. 

A working party of 150 Sepoys, for the conveyance of Ammunition from the 
znd Infantry Division, to proceed to the Trenches this evening at sun-set. A 
similar detail from the 1st Infantry Division will be furnished to-morrow at day¬ 
break ; and to be relieved from the 2nd Infantry Division at noon. The Advanced 
Posts will be relieved by the usual details from the Cavalry and Infantry Divisions, 
at sun-set this evening. 

A Foraging Party of Cavalry and Infantry, as yesterday, to parade at the usual 
spot to-morrow at eight a. m.; and the Senior Officer to wait upon the Quarter- 
Master-General this evening, for instructions. The 1st Infantry Division to give 
the Company. 

A working party of 150 Sepoys, for the Trenches, from the 2nd Infantry 
Division, to be sent down this evening at five p. m. ; and to be relieved by a similar 
detail from the 1st Infantry Division, to-morrow at day-break. 

General Orders. 

The Right Hon. the Commander-in-Chief has been pleased to appoint Lieut.- 
Col. M'Gregor, 59th Regiment Foot, to act as Adjutant-General of H. M. Forces 
in India, until the arrival of Lieut.-Col. McDonald: to take effect from the date of 
sailing of Major-Gen. Sir Thomas M'Mahon, Bart. 

By Order of the Right Hon. the Commander-in-Chief, 

(Signed) G. M'GREGOR, 

Acting Adjutant-General. 

Brigadier-Gen. Edwards is removed from the 6th to the 2nd Infantry Brigade, 
2nd Division, vice Brigadier M'Gregor, who has been appointed Officiating 

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Adjutant-General H.M. Forces.—Lieut.-Col. Commandant C. S. Fagan is appointed 
a Brigadier, vice M'Gregor, and nominated to the Command of the 6th Infantry 
Brigade, 2nd Division. 

General Orders. 

Brigadier Anburey, C. B., Principal Field Engineer, having brought to the 
notice of the Right Hon. the Commander-in-Chief, the intrepid and gallant conduct 
of Jemadar Burjoor Sing, of the Corps of Sappers and Miners, in springing, under 
circumstances of peculiar difficulty, and of imminent personal peril, a Mine effected 
under the Enemy’s works, on the morning of the 7th instant, in the performance 
of which duty the Jemadar was severely burnt—His Excellency is pleased, as a 
reward for such devoted conduct, to promote Jemadar Burjoor Sing to the rank of 
Subadar in the Corps of Sappers and Miners, from the 7th instant. Subadar Burjoor 
Sing is to be returned as Supernumerary, until a vacancy occurs to bring him on the 
established strength of the Corps. 

Field General Orders. Camp before Bhurtpore, 10</i Jan. 1826. 

General for the Day to-morrow. Brigadier Whitehead. 

Field Officer for ditto, Lieut.-Col. Baddeley. 

Major of Brigade for ditto, 1st Infantry Brigade. 

Adjutant for ditto, 15th N. Infantry. 

A working party of 150 Sepoys, for the conveyance of Ammunition, to proceed 
to the Trenches, from the 1st Infantry Division, this evening at sun-set. A similar 
detail will be furnished from the 2nd Infantry Division to-morrow at day-break; 
and to be relieved from the 1st Infantry Division at noon. 

The Advanced Posts to be relieved by the usual details from the Cavalry and 
Infantry Divisions, this evening at sun-set. 


Field General Orders. Camp before Bhurtpore, lH/i Jan. 1826. 

General for the Day to-morrow. Brigadier Paton, C. B. 

Field Officer for ditto, Lieut.-Col. Lefevre. 

Major of Brigade for ditto, 2nd Infantry Division. 

Adjutant for ditto, 18th Regiment N. Infantry. 

A working party of 150 Sepoys, for the conveyance of Ammunition, to proceed 
to the Trenches, from the 2nd Infantry Division, this evening at sun-set. A similar 
detail will be furnished from the 1st Infantry Division to-morrow at day-break ; and 
to be relieved by the usual details from Cavalry and Infantry Divisions, this evening 
at sun-set. 

A Foraging Party of Cavalry and Infantry, of the usual strength, to parade at 







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107 


eight o’clock to-morrow morning on the left of the Line. The Senior Officer is 
directed to wait upon the Quarter-Master-General this evening, for instructions. 
The 2nd Infantry Division will give the Company. 


General Order. Camp before Bhurtpore, 1 1th Jan. 1826. 

The Commander-in-Chief is pleased to permit Mr. Edmund Dirke Wright to 
be attached to the 59th Regiment as a Volunteer. 


Field General Orders. Camp before Bhurtpore, 12 th Jan. 1826. 

General for the Day to-morrow. Brigadier Fagan. 

Field Officer for ditto, Lieut.-Col. Sterling. 

Major of Brigade for ditto, 3rd Infantry Brigade. 

Adjutant for ditto, 21st Regiment N. Infantry. 

The Advanced Posts to be relieved by the usual details from the Cavalry and 
Infantry Divisions, at sun-set this evening. 

A working party of 100 Europeans, from H. M. 14th and 59th Regiments, to 
proceed to the Trenches this evening at sun-set. 

A working party of 100 Sepoys, from the 2nd Infantry Division, to come on 
duty to-morrow: one half of this detail to proceed to the Trenches at day-break, 
and the remainder to relieve at eleven a. m. 

Lieut.-Col. E. Cartwright is brought on the Roster of Duty of General Officer 
of the Day, until further orders. 

It having come to the knowledge of the Commander-in-Chief, that notwith¬ 
standing the repeated orders to prevent individuals from the Fort entering the 
Trenches, or coming into Camp, that instances of their being allowed to do so 
have occurred Officers commanding Posts and Picquets are called upon in the most 
peremptory manner, to prevent a recurrence of the kind ; and are directed to seize, 
and forward to the Quarter-Master-General of the Army, under a proper escort, all 
parties of the Enemy who may attempt to enter the British Lines. 


Field General Orders. Camp before Bliurtpore, 13 th Jan. 1826. 

General for the Day to-morrow, Lieut.-Col. Cartwright. 

Field Officer for ditto, Lieut.-Col. Bowyer. 

Major of Brigade for ditto, 4th Infantry Brigade. 

Adjutant for ditto, 23rd N. Infantry. 

A working party of 100 men, for the conveyance of Ammunition, to proceed 

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to the Trenches, from the 1st Infantry Division, this evening at sun-set. The 
quantity of Ammunition to be conveyed, will be pointed out to the Officer in 
Command by Captain Brooke, Deputy-Commissary of Ordnance; and as soon as 
deposited at the several Batteries, the party will return direct to Camp. 

The Advanced Posts to be relieved this evening at sun-set, by two Com¬ 
panies of Europeans and fifteen Companies of Sepoys from the 1st Infantry Division; 
and two Companies of Europeans and one Regiment of N. Infantry from the 2nd 
Infantry Division, with the usual details of Cavalry. 

A Foraging Party, of the usual strength in Cavalry and Infantry, to parade 
to-morrow morning on the left of the Infantry Lines, at eight a. m.; and the Senior 
Officer to wait upon the Quarter-Master-General this evening, for instructions. The 
1st Infantry Division to give the Company. 

A working party of 100 men, for the conveyance of Ammunition, to proceed 
to the Trenches, from the 1st Infantry Division, to-morrow at day-break. 


General Orders. Head-Quarter's, Camp before Bhurtpore, 14 th Jan. 1826. 

Havildar Mawunchund, of the Sirmoor Local Battalion, and Sepoy Deria Sing, 
of the 5th Company 35th N. Infantry, and Mirroyhun Sing, 3rd Company Corps of 
Sappers and Miners, having particularly distinguished themselves by acts of enter¬ 
prise and gallant conduct, on occasion of which they have lately been employed 
before the Enemy;—His Excellency the Commander-in-Chief is pleased, as a mark 
of his approbation, to promote the former to the rank of Jemadar, and the two latter 
to be Naicks in their respective Corps, from the 11th January. The Commissioned 
and Non-commissioned Officers above promoted, to be borne on Rolls of their 
Regiments as Supernumeraries, till vacancies occur to bring them on the established 
strength. The foregoing Orders to be explained to every Corps in Camp, on Parade. 


Field General Orders. Camp before Bhurtpore, 14 th Jan. 1826. 

General for the Day to-morrow, Lieut.-Col. Nation. 

Field Officer for ditto. Major Fuller, H. M. 59th Regiment. 

Major of Brigade for ditto, 5th Infantry Brigade. 

Adjutant for ditto, 31st N. Infantry. 

A working party of 100 men, for the conveyance of Ammunition, to proceed 
to the Trenches, from the 2nd Infantry Division, this evening at sun-set; and a 
similar detail from the 1st Infantry Division, to-morrow at day-break. 

The Advanced Posts to be relieved this evening at sun-set, by the same details 
as yesterday ordered from the Cavalry and Infantry Divisions. 






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109 


Field General Orders. Camp before Bhurtpore, 15 th Jan. 1826. 

General for the Day to-morrow, Brigadier-General Adams, C. B. 

Field Officer for ditto, Major Everard, 14th Foot. 

Major of Brigade for ditto, 6th Infantry Brigade. 

Adjutant for ditto, 32nd N. Infantry. 

A working party of 100 Sepoys, for the conveyance of Ammunition, to proceed 
to the Trenches, from the 1st Infantry Division, this evening at sun-set; and a 
similar detail to be furnished from the 2nd Infantry Division, to-morrow at day¬ 
break. 

The Advanced Posts to be relieved at sun-set, by the same details from the 
Cavalry and Infantry Divisions as yesterday. 

Superintending Surgeon Readdie is directed to detach daily at sun-set, for the 
duty at the Trenches, a Medical Officer, with orders to report himself to the General 
Officer of the Day, who will assign to him the particular Post at which he is to 
remain during his tour of duty. 

A Foraging Party, of the usual strength in Cavalry and Infantry, to parade to¬ 
morrow at eight o’clock on the left of the Infantry Line ; and the Senior Officer to 
wait upon the Quarter-Master-General this evening, for instructions. The 2nd 
Infantry Division to give the Company. 


Field General Orders. Camp before Bhurtpore, 1 6th Jan. 1826. 

General for the Day to-morrow, Brigadier-General M'Combe. 

Field Officer for ditto. Major Kennett, 37th N. Infantry. 

Major of Brigade for ditto, 1st Infantry Brigade. 

Adjutant for ditto, 33rd Regiment N. Infantry. 

A working party of 100 Sepoys, from the 2nd Infantry Division, for the con¬ 
veyance of Ammunition, to proceed to the Trenches this evening at sun-set; and a 
similar detail to be furnished from the 1st Infantry Division, to-morrow at day¬ 
break. 

The Advanced Posts to be relieved this evening at sun-set, by the same details 
from the Cavalry and Infantry Divisions as yesterday. 





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Field General Orders. Camp before Bliurtpore, 17 th Jan. 1826. 

General for the Day to-morrow, Brigadier-General Edwards. 

Field Officer for ditto. Major Garner, 31st N. Infantry. 

Major of Brigade for ditto, 2nd Infantry Brigade. 

Adjutant for ditto, 35th Regiment N. Infantry. 

A working party of 100 Sepoys, for the conveyance of Ammunition, from the 
1st Infantry Division, to proceed to the Trenches this evening at sun-set; and a 
similar detail from the 2nd Infantry Division, to be furnished to-morrow at day-break. 

The Advanced Posts to be relieved this evening, by the same details from the 
Cavalry and Infantry Divisions as yesterday. 

Field General Orders. Camp before Bhurtpore, 18th Jan. 1826. 

General for the Day to-morrow. Brigadier Whitehead. 

Field Officer for ditto. Major Gage, 36th N. Infantry. 

Major of Brigade for ditto, 3rd Infantry Brigade. 

Adjutant for ditto, 36th Regiment N. Infantry. 

Officers commanding Corps and Detachments, are directed to have it particu¬ 
larly explained to the men under their command, and also have it proclaimed in 
their Regimental Bazaars by beat of Tom Tom, that the Prize Property of every 
description, taken within the Walls of Bhurtpore, is immediately to be sent and 
delivered over to Lieut.-Col. the Hon. J. Finch, Prize-Agent; and any person 
found secreting or detaining Prize Property, will be placed in confinement, and 
punished accordingly. _ 

Field General Orders. Camp before Bhurtpore, 19 th Jan. 1826. 

General for the Day to-morrow. Brigadier Fagan. 

Field Officer for ditto. Major Brown, 1st European Regiment. 

Major of Brigade for ditto, 4th Infantry Brigade. 

Adjutant for ditto, 37th N. Infantry. 

A Foraging Party of the usual strength in Cavalry and Infantry, to parade 
to-morrow morning at eight o’clock on the left of the Infantry Lines; and the 
Senior Officer is directed to wait upon the Quarter-Master-General this evening, for 
instructions. The 1st Infantry Division to give the Company. 

The Army, with the exception of the 1st Infantry Brigade under Brigadier- 
General M‘Combe, which is to occupy the Fortress and Town of Bhurtpore, will 
be prepared to move to-morrow at half-past seven, a. m. under such instructions 
as may be communicated to Divisions respectively by the Quarter-Master-General 
of the Army. 




Ill 


III. 

HIS EXCELLENCY THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF’S DESPATCHES TO 
THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL; 

WITH SEVERAL LETTERS FROM OFFICERS IN COMMAND. 


(OFFICIAL). 

Fort-William, 2nd Jan. 1826. 

The Right Hon. the Governor-General has received a Despatch from His Excellency 

the Commander-in-Chief, dated “ Head-Quarters before Bhurtpore, 23rd Dec. 

] 825,” a copy of which is published for general information. 

To the Right Hon. Lord Amherst, Governor-General, fyc. fyc. 8fc. 

My Lord, 

I have the honor to acquaint your Lordship, that the Engineers 
having reported to me, that they were prepared for commencing operations against 
the Town of Bhurtpore, I this morning advanced a Force into the Jungle, and took 
possession of the small places Kuddum Kundee and Buldeo Singh’s Garden, which 
afford cover for the Troops, and on being joined by a covered way, will form the 
first Parallel, at a distance from the Fort of about eight hundred yards. I expect 
that this Parallel, with a Mortar-Battery of twenty pieces at the Garden, and a Gun- 
Batfery of six 18-pounders at Kuddum Kundee, will be prepared by to-morrow 
morning, when we shall return their fire. 

I have enclosed for your Lordship’s information, a Sketch of the Country round 
Bhurtpore, showing the Encampment of the Troops; and I hope to-morrow to be 
enabled to forward a Plan of the intended Works; in the mean time, I beg to 
observe, that our operations will, in the first instance, be directed against the North- 
East Angle of the Town. 

The return of Casualties in the Army this day, has not yet been received, but 
no loss was experienced in taking possession of the ground this morning; and though 
the Enemy have kept up a constant fire during the day, it has been by no means 
injurious. 

A return of Casualties, since the 14th instant, is herewith transmitted: our 
loss at present has been confined to a few casual shot from the Fort at our recon- 



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noitring parties, and some trifling skirmishes with the Enemy’s Cavalry outside of 
the Fort, who have endeavoured to harass our Foraging Parties. 

Being desirous of saving the women and children in the Fort from the horrors of 
a Siege, I addressed a Letter on the 21st instant to Doorjun Sail, calling upon him 
to send them out of the Fort, promising them a safe conduct through our Camp, 
and allowing him twenty-four hours for the purpose. Having received an evasive 
reply, I have again sent to him, allowing him a further extension of the time for 
twelve hours: to this Letter I have not yet received an answer, though he must 
have received it yesterday afternoon. 

I have the Honor to be, &c. 

(Signed) COMBERMERE. 

Head-Quarters , Camp before Bhurtpore, 23 rd Dec. 1825. 


Return of Casualties in the 2nd Division of the Army, under the Command of 
Major-General Nicolls, on the 15 th Dec. 1825 . 

Wth N. Infantry. —Killed 0,—wounded 3, (two severely, one slightly; the 
leg of one man amputated)—missing 2; supposed to be killed while skirmishing. 
31st N. Infantry, —Killed 0,—wounded 1, severely,—missing 0.—Total 6. 

(Signed) W. L. WATSON, 

Adj utant-General. 


Return of Killed, Wounded, and Missing, of the Out-lying Picquet of H. M. 
11th Light Dragoons, and a Foraging Party of the 4 th Regiment Light 
Cavalry, on 20 th and 21 st Dec. 1825 . 

H. M. Wth Light Dragoons. —Wounded, 1 Lieut. (Lieut. Wymer, slightly), 
2 Troopers and Privates, 4 Horses. 

4th Regiment Light Cavalry. —Wounded, 1 Corporal, 2 Troopers and Privates, 
4 Horses. 

Total —1 Lieutenant, 1 Corporal, 4 Troopers and Privates, 8 Horses. 

(Signed) W. L. WATSON, 

Adj utant-General. 

Published by Command of the Right Hon. the Governor-General in Council, 

GEORGE SWINTON, 

Secretary to the Government. 






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113 


Head-Quarters, Camp before Bhurtpore, ‘LQth Dec. 1825. 

To the Right Hon. Lord Amherst, Governor-General, 8fc. Sfc. fyc. 

My Lord, 

I have the honor to acquaint your Lordship, that since my 
Despatch of the 23rd instant, the Works against the Town of Bhurtpore have 
proceeded as regularly as I could have expected, and with very little opposition 
from the Enemy, except on the night of the 24th, when the working parties were a 
good deal annoyed by the Enemy’s matchlock-men. 

On the morning of the 24th, a Battery of eight 18-pounders in front of Kuddum 
Kundee, and one of six mortars, which in the course of the day was increased to 
fifteen, in front of Buldeo Singh’s Garden, opened ; and this morning the Advanced 
Battery, between those positions, as shown in the Sketch sent to your Lordship, 
was completed with five 18-pounders and five 24-pounders, at a distance from the 
North-East Angle of about two hundred and fifty yards; by means of which, the 
Defences on the east face of the Work, as far as the large projecting Bastion, have 
been in a great measure destroyed. 

The approach from Buldeo Singh’s Garden towards the north-face of the 
Town, will be commenced this night. 

I beg to enclose a Return of Casualties to the 24th instant inclusive. I fear I 
shall be for some time deprived of the very efficient services of Capt. Smith of the 
Engineers, who has unfortunately received a severe contusion on the left shoulder 
from a spent shot from a jinjal. 

I likewise transmit for your Lordship’s information, a copy of my second Letter 
to Doorjun Saul, with his reply; by which your Lordship will perceive, that my 
endeavours to save the unfortunate women and children have failed. Several 
Rigots, with their families, have, however, escaped from the Town. 

1 have the Honor to be. 

My Lord, 

Your Lordship’s most obedient humble Servant, 

COMBERMERE. 


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General Return of Casualties in the Army before Bhurtpore, from the 23 rd to 
the 25th December , 1825 . inclusive. 


4th Light Cavalry .— Killed, 1 Trooper. 
Horse-Artillery .— Wounded, 2 men. 
Skinner’s Horse .— Killed, 1 Horseman. 
Foot-Artillery .— Killed, 1 Sepoy,— 
wounded, 1 Sepoy. 

Sappers, and Miners, and Engineers.— 
Killed, 1 Sepoy,—wounded, 1 Captain, 
2 Naicks, and 13 Sepoys. 

Pioneers. —Killed, 2 Sepoys,—wounded, 
1 Serjeant, 1 Naick, and 11 Sepoys. 
14 th Foot. —Wounded, 1 Private. 


Camp, 26 th Dec. 1825. 

6th N. Infantry. —Killed, 1 Sepoy,— 
wounded, 2 Sepoys. 

21 st N. Infantry. —Wounded, 3 Sepoys. 

23 rd N. Infantry. —Wounded, 1 Havil- 
dar, and 4 Sepoys. 

35 th N. Infantry.— Killed, 1 Sepoy,— 
wounded, 2 Sepoys. 

68 th N. Infantry. —Wounded, 1 Ensign. 

Names of Officers Wounded —Captain 
Smith, Engineers ; Ensign Geil, 60th. 

W. L. WATSON, 

Adjutant-General of the Army. 


Head-Quarters, Camp before Bhurtpore, 29 th Dec. 1825. 

To the Right Hon. Lord Amherst, Governor-General, fyc. 8fc. 8fc. 

My Lord, 

I have the honor to acquaint your Lordship, that the Engineers 
were employed from the night of the 26th instant (the date of my last Despatch), 
until the morning of the 28th, in forming the approach to, and constructing a 
Battery bearing on the north face of the North-East Angle of the Town, at a 
distance of about two hundred and fifty yards from the Walls; and on the same 
afternoon the Battery was armed with four 18-pounders and eight 24-pounders. 
Last night a second Parallel, connecting the two Advanced Batteries, was commenced, 
and is now completed. 

The next work intended, is to run a Trench to the southward, and construct a 
Battery bearing on the Curtain to the southward of the large Northern Bastion. 

I beg to acquaint your Lordship, that on the evening of the 26th, a small party 
of the Enemy’s Horse effected their escape from the west of the Town. An attempt 
having been again made by about two hundred Horsemen, on the night of the 27th, 
they were attacked by our Picquets, and nearly all, either killed or taken prisoners. 






APPENDIX. 115 

1 regret to observe, that three Officers were wounded on this occasion, though, 
otherwise, our loss was trivial. 

Enclosed, I transmit for your Lordship’s information, Brigadier-Generai Sleigh’s 
Report of the affair. 

I have likewise the honor to enclose a Return of the Casualties in this Army, 
since the 26th instant inclusive. 

I have the Honor to be. 

My Lord, 

Your Lordship’s most obedient humble Servant, 

COMBERMERE. 


(OFFICIAL). 

General Return of Casualties in the Army before Bhurtpore, from the 2 6th to 
29 th December, 1825, inclusive. 

Camp, 30 th Dec. 1825. 

Horse-Artillery. —Killed, 1 Sepoy and 3 Horses,—wounded, 1 Private. 

H. M. 16 th Lancers. —Wounded, 3 Privates and 2 Horses,—missing, 1 Private 
and 1 Horse. 

3rd Reg. Light Cavalry .— Killed, 1 Horse. 

9th Ditto.— Killed, 2 Horses,—wounded, 2 Captains, 1 Subaltern, 1 Sepoy, 
1 Officer’s Charge, and 5 Horses. 

Skinner’s Horse. —Killed, 1 Horse,—wounded, 1 Havildar. 

Foot-Artillery . —Killed, 1 Private and 1 Sepoy,—wounded, 1 Sepoy. 

Sappers and Miners. —Wounded, 1 Jemadar, 1 Havildar, and 7 Sepoys. 

H. M. 59 th Reg. —Wounded, 1 Serjeant and 1 Private. 

21st Reg. N. Infantry. — Wounded, 3 Sepoys. 

31st Ditto. —Killed, 1 Sepoy. 

32 nd Ditto. —Killed, 1 Sepoy,—wounded, 2 Naicks and 5 Sepoys. 

37 th Ditto. —Killed, 1 Sepoy,—wounded, 3 Sepoys. 

58 th Ditto. —Wounded, 2 Sepoys. 

63rd Ditto. —Killed, 1 Sepoy,—wounded, 1 Naick and 4 Sepoys. 

Sirmoor Detachment. —Wounded, 1 Sepoy. 

Names of the Officers Wounded. — 9th Reg. Light Cavalry —Capt. Chambers, 
slightly; Palmer, severely ; and Lieut. Brooke, slightly. 


s 2 


W. L. WATSON, 

Adjutant-Genera!, 






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Head-Quarter8, Camp before Bhurtpore, 2nd Jan. 1826. 

To the Right Hon. Lord Amherst, Governor-General, fyc. fyc. fyc. 

My Lord, 

I have the honor to acquaint your Lordship, that since my 
Despatch of the 29th ultimo, the Engineers have been employed on the following 
Works. 

By the morning of the 30th, an Advanced Battery for two 8-inch Howitzers 
was constructed, commanding the whole of the northern face of the North-East 
Angle of the Town, and the Ditch in front, with a Trench connecting it with the 
Advanced Parallel; likewise the Grand Battery of twelve guns was augmented to 
sixteen. 

By the 31st, a Battery of ten guns was constructed in front of the Battery 
before Kuddum Kundee, connected by a Trench with the Advanced Parallel, and 
the Sap was commenced on the Counterscarp of the Ditch on the north face. 

By the 1st January, a new Mortar-Battery was constructed to the left of the 
ten-gun Battery, and a similar one was constructed on the extreme right; the Sap 
on the Counterscarp was also extended fifty yards; and from thence, the Gallery for 
a Mine towards the Ditch on the north face, was commenced. 

Since that day, three Works have been in progress for completion; and I trust 
that by to-morrow morning every thing will be prepared for commencing the 
intended Breaches. 

A Battery for four 8-inch Mortars is in preparation on the west side of the Town, 
to play on the inner Fort, in concert with the Batteries on this side. 

It would seem that the Enemy are determined to reserve to the last, their 
means of defence, as our operations hitherto have never been materially interrupted ; 
our loss, consequently, has been extremely small; though I regret to have to report 
the death of First Lieutenant Tindal, a promising young Engineer Officer, who was 
killed in the Trenches yesterday. 

I have the honor to enclose for your Lordship’s information, a Return of the 
Casualties in this Army since the 29th ultimo, inclusive. 

I have the Honor to be. 

My Lord, 

\our Lordship’s most obedient humble Servant, 

COMBERMERE. 



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Head-Quarters, Camp before Bhurtporc, 5th Jan. 1826. 
To the Right Hon. Lord Amherst, Governor-General, fyc. 8fc. fyc. 


My Lord, 

I have the honor to acquaint your Lordship, that since my 
Despatch of the 2nd instant, the Artillery have been actively employed in breaching 
the Curtains to the right of the North-East Bastion, and to the southward of the 
Long Necked Bastion on the left of our Approaches. The Ditches in front of both 
Curtains have been found dry, and, from the ruggedness of the Counterscarps, offer 
less obstacle than I had reason to expect; owing, however, to the extreme 
roughness of the Walls, they have with difficulty been made to yield to our shot; 
but I trust that in three or four days at farthest, every thing will be prepared for 
our Storming the Town. 

The Engineers have been employed in driving the Galleries of the Mine, 
extending the Sap in front of our left Batteries, and in executing the necessary 
repairs to the Batteries; also in constructing a small Battery in front of the Ingeena 
Gate, to destroy the Defences on our right. 

I beg to enclose a Return of Casualties to the 5th instant, and have the Honor 
to be, &c. 

COMBERMERE. 


General Return of Casualties in the Army before Bhurtpore, under the 
Personal Command of His Excellency Lord Combermere, from the Is# to 
the 5th January, 1826, inclusive. 


Foot-Artillery . —Wounded, 1 Staff-Ser- 
jeant, 1 Golundaze, 1 Bullock-driver. 

Sappers and Miners. —Killed, 1 Lieu¬ 
tenant, 1 Staff-Serjeant,—wounded, 1 
Havildar, 4 Privates. 

Name of Officer Killed —Lieut. Tindal. 

H. M. 14# h Reg. —Killed, 1 Private. 

11 th Reg. N. Infantry.— Wounded, 1 
Staff-Serjeant. 

21s# Ditto. —Wounded, 2 Sepoys. 

23 rd Ditto. —Wounded, 1 Subadar. 


Camp before Bhurtpore, 5th Jan. 1826. 

32 nd Reg. N. Infantry. —Killed, 1 Staff- 
Serjeant. 

36#/i Ditto. —Wounded, 1 Captain 
(slightly), 1 Sepoy. 

Name of Officer Wounded —Captain 
Godby. 

37 th Reg. N. Infantry. —Wounded, 1 
Havildar, 6 Sepoys. 

63 rd Ditto. —Wounded, 1 Havildar. 

Is# Nussuree Battalion. — Killed, 1 
Sepoy. 









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Total. —Killed, 1 Lieutenant, 2 Staff-Serjeants, 2 Privates (European and 
Native).—Wounded, 1 Captain, 2 Serjeants, 1 Subadar, 3 Havildars, 14 Privates 
(European and Native), 1 Bullock-driver. 

(Signed) W. L. WATSON, 

Adj utant- General. 

Published by Command of the Right Hon. the Governor-General in Council, 

GEORGE SWINTON, 

Secretary to tlie Government. 


Head-Quarters, Camp before Bhurlpore, 11 th Jan. 1826. 

To the Right Hon. Lord Amherst, Governor-General, fyc. fyc. 8?c. 

My Lord, 

I have delayed some days addressing your Lordship, in the 
hope that I should have been enabled to report the result of an Assault on the 
Town of Bhurtpore. The Breaches, however, have not yet been rendered 
practicable. 

2nd.—It having been ascertained that the Batteries were not sufficient etfectually 
to breach the Walls, a Mine was commenced on the evening of the 6th instant, in 
the Escarp of the Ditch on the northern face, to improve the right Breach. The 
Engineers, however, fearing a discovery, should they continue their operations 
during the day, sprung it at day-light on the following morning, when not 
sufficiently advanced to have any material effect on the Wall. 

3rd.—A second attempt was made, when our Miners were driven away, having 
been countermined from the interior before they had entered many feet. This 
Gallery was subsequently blown in by us, having discovered that the Enemy were 
keeping watch in it. 

4th.— Brigadier Anburey having represented to me, that it was his decided 
opinion that the Breach was not sufficiently easy to authorize his reporting it prac¬ 
ticable, I was induced to delay the Assault, waiting the result of two Mines which 
he is now driving into the Curtain, from the Sap, and under the Ditch. Much as 
I must regret this unexpected delay, I feel a consolation in the hope that the place 
will eventually be stormed with comparative facility to the Troops. 

5th.—The Mines under the Counterscarp of the Ditch in front of the right 
Breach have been sprung with success, and similar ones are nearly ready in front 
of the left Breach. 




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119 


6th.—A serious accident occurred on the night of the 8th instant, by the 
blowing- up of several Tumbrils in rear of the old Mortar-Battery in front of Buldeo 
Singh’s Garden, setting- fire to a number of cotton bags collected there, and 
destroying about 20,000 pounds weight of Ammunition. I am happy, however, to 
state, that the loss in lives was not so extensive as might have been expected; 
only eight Sepoys and some few Labourers having been killed. The explosion was 
occasioned by a shot from the Fort passing through one of the Tumbrils. 

7th.—I beg to inform your Lordship, that Doorjun Saul having sent a message, 
offering to come over to my Camp, and declare Bulwunt Singh Rajah; he was 
informed, that he would be received in Camp, but that Hostilities would not be 
suspended until the Town and Fort should be unconditionally surrendered ; since 
which no serious proposition had been received from him. 

8th.—I beg to enclose, for your Lordship’s information, a Return of Casualties 
which have occurred since the 5th instant, and have the Honor to be. 

My Lord, &c. 

(Signed) COMBERMERE. 


General Return of Casualties in the Army before Bhurtpore, from the 5th to 

the 11th January, 1826. 

Camp, Jan. 1826. 

llt/i Reg. Light Cavalry. —Killed, 1 Sepoy,—wounded, 3 Sepoys. 

Foot-Artillery. —Killed, 1 Sepoy and 4 Men,—wounded, 7 Privates (Europeans) 
and 2 Sepoys. 

Sappers, Miners, and Pioneers. — Killed, 2 Sepoys,—wounded, 2 Jemadars, 
1 Havildar, 1 Naick, 14 Sepoys, and 1 Man. 

H. M. 14 th Foot. —Wounded, 2 Privates. 

H. M. 59 th Foot. —Wounded, 1 Private. 

15 th Reg. N. Infantry .— Wounded, 1 Havildar and 2 Sepoys. 

18 th Ditto. —Killed, 1 Sepoy. 

23 rd Ditto. —Wounded, 1 Subadar and 1 Sepoy. 

31 st Ditto. —Killed, 4 Sepoys. 

32nd Ditto. —Wounded, 3 Sepoys. 

33rd Ditto. —Killed, 1 Naick and 4 Sepoys,—wounded, 1 Field Officer, 1 Sub¬ 
altern, and 3 Sepoys. 

35th Ditto. —Wounded, 2 Naicks and 5 Sepoys. 

36 th Ditto. —Killed, 2 Sepoys,—wounded, 3 Sepoys. 







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37 th Reg. N. Infantry. —Wounded, 2 Sepoys. 

58 th Ditto. —Wounded, 2 Sepoys. 

00th Ditto. —Killed, 1 Naick, 2 Sepoys, and 1 Man,—wounded, 1 Serjeant, 
1 Subadar, and 2 Sepoys. 

63 rd Ditto. —Wounded, 1 Sepoy. 

Grand Total. —24 Killed, and 66 Wounded. 


Names of Officers Wounded. 

33rd Reg. N. Infantry —Lieut.-Col. Faithfull, severely, not dangerously— 
Ensign Campbell, slightly. 

N. B.— H. M. ll£/i Dragoons, 1 Horse killed— 10th Reg. Light Cavalry, 
1 Horse killed, and 1 Horse wounded. 

(Signed) W. L. WATSON, 

Adjutant-General. 

Published by Command of the Right Hon. the Governor-General in Council, 

GEORGE SWINTON, 

Secretary to the Government. 


Political Department, 29 th Jan. 1826. 

Captain Dawkins, Aide-de-Camp, arrived early this morning, bearing a Despatch 
from His Excellency the Commander-in-Chief, a Copy of which is published 
for general information. 

Head-Quarters, Bhurtpore, 19 th Jan. 1826. 

To the Right Hon. Lord Amherst, Governor-General, 8fC. 8fc. 8fc. 

Mv Lord, 

I have the satisfaction to acquaint your Lordship, that the Town 
and Citadel of Bhurtpore fell yesterday morning to the British Army under my 
Command. 

Since my Despatch of the 11th instant, the whole attention of the Engineers 
was directed towards the completion of the Mines under the projecting Bastion on 
the left, and the North-East Angle on the right. 

On the 14th instant, a Mine under the Bastion on the left was precipitately 
exploded, and failed in its object. I therefore directed two more Mines tq be 
driven into that Bastion, which were blown on the 16th, and, with the aid of a 
day’s battering, an excellent Breach was made. 




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121 


The Explosion of the Mine under the North-East Angle, at eight o’clock 
yesterday morning, was the signal for the Storm ; when the Columns, composed 
of Brigadier-Gen. M'Combe’s Brigade on the right, and Brigadier-Gen. Edwards’s 
Brig-ade on the left, advanced with the greatest order, gallantry, and steadiness; 
and, notwithstanding a determined opposition on the part of the Enemy, carried 
the Breaches. In the course of two hours, though vigorously and bravely defended 
at every Gate-way and Bastion, the whole Rampart surrounding the Town, 
together with the Command of the Gates of the Citadel, were in our possession; 
Major-Gen. Nicolls having moved his Column to the left, until he met a Detachment 
of H. M. 14th Foot, commanded by Major Everard, at the Kombheer Gate. The 
Citadel was surrendered at about four o’clock. 

I regret to state that the Mine having exploded in an unexpected direction, 
several men of H. M. 14th Foot, at the head of the Column of Attack, lost their 
lives, and Brigadier-Gen. M'Combe, Brigadier Paton, and Capt. Irvine, Major of 
Brigade of Engineers, received severe contusions. 

Having directed Brigadier-Gen. Sleigh, commanding the Cavalry, to prevent 
the escape of the Enemy’s Troops after the Assault, I am happy to say that he 
made such a disposition of his Forces, that he succeeded in securing Doorjun Saul, 
who with his Wife, two Sons, and a hundred and sixty chosen Horse, attempted 
to force a passage through the 8th Light Cavalry. 

I cannot compute the loss of the Enemy at less than four thousand killed, and, 
owing to the disposition of the Cavalry, hardly a man, bearing Arms, escaped. 
Consequently, as by the Surrender of the Town, all the Stores, Arms, and 
Ammunition are in our possession, I may say that the whole Military Power of the 
Bhurtpore State has been annihilated. The Prisoners, after having been disarmed, 
were set free. 

I have the pleasure to acquaint your Lordship, that the conduct of every one 
engaged, was marked by a degree of zeal which calls for my unqualified appro¬ 
bation ; but I must particularly remark the behaviour of H. M. 14th Regiment, 
commanded by Major Everard, and 59th, commanded by Major Fuller: these Corps 
having led the Columns of Assault, by their steadiness and determination, decided 
the events of the day. Two Companies of the 1st European Regiment, leading a 
small Column under Lieut.-Col. Wilson, co-operating with Major-Gen. Nicolls’s 
Attack, behaved with equal gallantry. The 6th Reg. N. Infantry, commanded by 
Lieut.-Col. Pepper; one Wing of the 41st, by Major Hunter; the 23rd, by Lieut.- 
Col. Nation; the 31st by Lieut.-Col. Baddeley; the 60th by Lieut.-Col. Bowyer; 
the Grenadier Company of the 35th ; and Light Company of the 37th; which Corps 
followed the Europeans in the Assault, proved themselves worthy of the distin¬ 
guished places they held, as did the Sirmoor Battalion, which covered the Advance, 

T 





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I beg to acquaint your Lordship, that since I assumed the Command of this 
Army, I have received the most effectual support and assistance from Major- 
Generals Reynell and Nicolls. The excellent dispositions made by them for the 
Attack, as well as the manner in which they conducted it, entitle them to my 
warmest thanks; and I therefore beg most strongly to recommend them to your 
Lordship’s notice. 

Brigadier M'Leod, C. B., commanding the Artillery; Brigadiers Hetzler and 
Brown, as well as every Officer and Private of the Artillery, performed their 
arduous and fatiguing duties throughout the Siege, in the most exemplary manner; 
and will, I trust, meet with your Lordship’s approbation. 

Brigadier Anburey, C. B., and the Engineer Officers, as also the Native Officers 
and Privates of that valuable Corps, the Sappers and Miners, and the Pioneer 
Corps, performed the harassing duties allotted to them, with a cheerfulness, 
courage, and zeal, which demand my acknowledgments; and I beg to recommend 
them to your Lordship accordingly. The result of our operations proves the 
efficiency of the Brigadier’s Plans. 

The Services rendered by Brigadier-Gen. Sleigh, C. B., commanding the 
Cavalry, during the whole Siege, have been most important; and I beg to recom¬ 
mend him, as well as Brigadiers Childers and Murray, C. B., to your Lordship’s 
notice; and I cannot pass over in silence, the general good and active conduct of 
the Cavalry, and the spirited manner in which they volunteered their services 
when 1 conceived (before the arrival of the 1st European Regiment) that it might 
have been expedient to employ them in the Storm. 

I must also bring under your Lordship’s particular notice, Lieut.-Col. Skinner, 
and two Regiments of Native Irregular Cavalry under his command, who have 
performed every service that has been required of them, in a manner which merits 
my entire approbation. 

To Brigadier-Generals Adams, C. B., M'Combe, and Edwards, Brigadiers 
Whitehead, Paton, C. B., and Fagan, my acknowledgments are due, for the manner 
in which they have so ably conducted the duties assigned to them ; and I therefore 
recommend them to your Lordship’s favourable notice. 

I received every assistance from Major-Gen. Sir Samford Whittingham and 
Lieut.-Col. M'Gregor, Quarter-Master General and Acting Adjutant-General of the 
King’s Troops. 

The eminent and zealous services of Lieut.-Col. Watson, and Lieut.-Col. 
Stevenson, Adjutant-General and Quarter-Master-General of the Army, demand 
my warmest thanks; and I beg particularly to bring them under your Lordship’s 
notice, as also the Officers of their respective departments. 

The arrangements made by Lieut.-Col. Cunliffe, Commissary-General for the 


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123 


supply of the Army, were most efficient; and I have much pleasure in recommending 
him to your Lordship. 

I also request to bring to your Lordship’s notice, Lieut.-Col. the Hon. John 
Finch, my Military Secretary, and the Officers composing my Personal Staff, from 
whom I received every aid. 

The situations in which Lieut.-Col. Delamaine, 58th N. Infantry, Lieut.-Col. 
Wilson, commanding a Detachment, Majors Hunter, 41st N. Infantry, Everard, 
H. M. 14th, Fuller, H. M. 59th, and Bisshopp, of H. M. 14th, were placed, gave 
them opportunities for distinguishing themselves, of which they took every advan¬ 
tage. Capt. Irvine, Major of Brigade of Engineers, also brought himself under my 
particular observation during the course of the Siege. 

Major-Generals Reynell and Nicolls, and Brigadier-Gen. Sleigh, have expressed 
their entire satisfaction with the assistance they have received from the Officers of 
their General and Personal Staff. 

The Returns of Killed and Wounded have not yet been received, but I am 
happy to be able to state, that they are few, considering the Service on which the 
Troops have been employed. I however, transmit a Return of the Officers who 
have been reported. I regret that the Service has lost three valuable Officers in 
Capt. Armstrong, H. M. 14th, Capt. Pitman, H. M. 59th, and Capt. Brown, of 
the 31st Reg. N. Infantry, who fell leading their men on the Ramparts. Brigadier- 
Gen. Edwards, who was wounded gallantly leading his Brigade, is also, I fear, 
past recovery. 

I have sent this Despatch by my Aide-de-Camp Capt. Dawkins, who will also 
take two of the Enemy’s Standards, of which I request your Lordship’s acceptance ; 
and in referring to Capt. Dawkins for any further information which your Lordship 
may require, I beg to recommend him to your protection. 

I have the Honor to be. 

My Lord, 

Your Lordship’s most obedient humble Servant, 

(Signed) COMBERMERE. 


Head-Quarters, Camp near Bhurtpore, 24 th Jan. 1826. 

To the Right Hon. Lord Amherst , Governor-General, 8fc. fyc. 8fc. 

My Lord, 

I have the honor to transmit to your Lordship, a Return of the 
Killed and Wounded at the Assault of Bhurtpore, which, as I had before stated, is 
not so extensive as might reasonably have been expected. 

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APPENDIX. 


I beg to observe, that I omitted in my Despatch of the 19th, to mention to 
your Lordship, that a successful diversion was made on the Jungeena Gate (where 
a Breach had been made) by the 58th Regiment of N. Infantry, headed by two 
Companies of the 1st European Regiment, under the Command of Lieut.-Col. 
Delamaine, of the former Corps, in a manner highly creditable to them, and where 
they were strongly opposed. 

I have, &c. 

(Signed) COMBERMERE. 

P. S.—I also transmit a Return of Ordnance taken in the Town. 

(Signed) COMBERMERE. 

General Return of Casualties in the Army under the Personal Command of 

the Right Hon. the Commander-in-Chief, in the Assault on the Fortress 

of Bhurlpore, on the Morning of the 18 th January , 1826. 

General Staff. —Killed, 0,—wounded, 2 Brigadiers-General, 1 Major. 

Brigade Staff. —Killed, 0,—wounded, 1 Brigadier, 3 Captains. 

H. M. 11th Reg. Dragoons. —Killed, 1 Rank and File, 2 Horses,—wounded, 
5 Rank and File, 11 Horses. 

H. M. 16th Lancers. —Killed, 1 Horse,—wounded, 1 Lieutenant, 1 Serjeant, 
1 Rank and File. 

3rd Reg. Light Cavalry. —Killed, 0,—wounded, 3 Rank and File, 2 Horses. 

8th Ditto. —Killed, 0,—wounded, 1 Lieutenant, 3 Horses,—missing, 5 Horses. 

10th Ditto. —Killed, 1 Jemadar, 3 Horses,—wounded, 2 Naicks,—missing, 
1 Horse. 

1st, or Skinner's Local Horse. —Killed, 1 Horse. 

Artillery.— Killed, 1 Rank and File,—wounded, 1 Lieutenant, 4 Rank and File. 

Engineers’ Department. 

Sappers and Miners. — Killed, 1 Rank and File,—wounded, 2 Captains, 

1 Lieutenant, 1 Warrant Officer, 1 Subadar, 1 Naick, and 7 Rank and File. 

Pioneers. —Killed, 1 Havildar,—wounded, 1 Serjeant-Major, 1 Subadar, 
5 Rank and File. 

Infantry. 

H. M. 1 4th Reg. —Killed, 1 Captain, 2 Serjeants, 29 Rank and File, 3 Lascars, 
—wounded, 3 Lieutenants, 1 Volunteer, 2 Serjeants, 98 Rank and File, 3 Lascars, 
and 1 Bheestee. 

H. M. 59th Reg. —Killed, 1 Captain, 2 Serjeants, 14 Rank and File,—wounded, 

1 Field Officer, 2 Captains, 4 Lieutenants, 1 Volunteer, 9 Serjeants, and 88 Rank 
and File. 



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125 


H.C. Is* European Reg. (4 Companies ).— Killed, 1 Serjeant, 9 Rank and 
File,—wounded, 1 Captain, 2 Lieutenants, 2 Serjeants, 38 Rank and File,— 
missing, 2 Rank and File. 

6th Reg. N. Infantry .— Killed, 0,— wounded, 2 Drummers. 

IDA Ditto. —Killed, 0,—wounded, 1 Rank and File. 

15 th Ditto. —Killed, 2 Rank and File,—wounded, 1 Rank and File,—missing, 
4 Rank and File. 

18 th Ditto. —Killed, 1 Rank and File,—wounded, 0. 

23 rd Ditto. —Killed, 1 Havildar, 4 Rank and File,—wounded, 1 Field Officer, 

2 Havildars, and 32 Rank and File. 

31st Ditto .— Killed, 1 Captain, 4 Rank and File, — wounded, 1 Captain, 
1 Havildar, 19 Rank and File. 

32 nd Ditto. —Killed, 0,—wounded, 1 Rank and File. 

35 th Ditto. —Killed, 3 Rank and File,—wounded, 1 Havildar, 12 Rank and 
File,—missing, 5 Rank and File. 

3 7th Ditto. —Killed, 8 Rank and File,—wounded, 9 Rank and File. 

41st Ditto (5 Companies ). —Killed, 4 Rank and File,—wounded, 1 Field 
Officer, 13 Rank and File. 

h8 th Ditto.— Killed, 4 Rank and File,—wounded, 2 Captains, 1 Lieutenant, 

3 Havildars, 1 Drummer, and 23 Rank and File. 

60 th Ditto. —Killed, 0,—wounded, 1 Havildar, 4 Rank and File. 

63rei Ditto. —Killed, 0,—wounded, 1 Subadar. 

Detachment from the 1st Nussuree Battalion. —Killed, 1 Havildar, 3 Rank 
and File,—wounded, 1 Lieutenant, 1 Subadar, 1 Jemadar, 1 Bugler, 19 Rank and 
File. 

Detachment from Sirmoor Battalion. — Killed, 1 Rank and File, — wounded, 


5 Rank and File. 

Total Europeans Killed . 61 

-Wounded.283 

.-Missing. 2 

Total Natives Killed . 42 

-Wounded . 183 

-Missing. 9 


Total Europeans and Natives Killed .... 103 

-Wounded .. 466 

-.-— Missing .. 11 

Total Horses Killed. 7 

-- - Wounded and Missing .... 20 


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APPENDIX. 


Names of Officers Killed. 

H. M. 14 th Reg. —Captain Armstrong. 

H. M. 59 th Reg. —Captain Pitman. 

31 st Reg. N. Infantry. —Captain Brown. 

(Signed) W. L. WATSON, 

Adjutant-General. 


Officers Wounded. 

General Staff. —Brigadier-Gen. M'Combe, severe contusion—Brigadier-Gen. 
Edwards, mortally (since dead)—Major Beatson, Deputy Adjutant-General of the 
Army, slightly. 

Brigade Staff. —Brigadier Paton, C. B., severe contusion. 

Majors of Staff. —Captain Campbell, severely—Captain Caine (H. M. 14th 
Regiment), slightly—Captain Irvine (Engineers), severe contusion. 

H. M. 16 th Lancers. —Lieut. Lowe, slightly. 

10 th Reg. Light Cavalry. —Lieut. White, severely. 

Artillery. —Lieut.. M‘Gregor, slightly. 

Engineers. —Captain Colvin, slightly—Lieut. E. Smith, slightly. 

H. M. 14 th Reg. —Lieut, and Brevet-Captain Lynch, severely—Lieut, and 
Brevet-Captain Stark, severely—Lieut. Day, severely (left leg amputated)— 
Volunteer W, Tulloh, slightly. 

H. M. 59 th Reg. —Major Fuller, slightly—Captain Pennefather, slightly— 
Captain Manners, slightly—Lieut. Long, dangerously—Lieut. Burn, slightly— 
Lieut. Hoctor, severely—Lieut. Chichester, slightly—Lieut. Pitman, severely— 
Volunteer Wright, severely, not dangerously. . 

H. C. European Reg. —Captain Davidson, slightly—Lieutenants Warren and 
Candy, severely. 

23 rd Reg. N. Infantry. —Lieut.-Col. S. Nation, severely, 

31 st Ditto. —Captain Heptinstall, severely and dangerously. 

41st Ditto. —Major G. Hunter, severely. 

58 th Ditto. —Captain J. Hunter, severely and dangerously—Captain Black, 
slightly—Lieutenants Turner and Lumsdaine, slightly. 

1st Nussuree Detachment.— Lieut. Kirk (12th Reg. N. Infantry), slightly. 

(Signed) W. L. WATSON, 

Adjutant-General. 



APPENDIX. 


127 


Return of Ordnance Captured at Bhurtpore on the 18 th January, 1826. 


1- pounder . 12 

1£-pounder . 5 

2- pounder . 1 

3- pounder . 2 

4- pounder . 5 

5- pounder . 5 

6 - pounder ...... 4 

8 - pounder . 2 

9- pounder . 1 

9£-pounder . 1 

10-pounder . 3—one Cast Iron. 


Iron Ordnance. 

12-pounder . 4—one Cast Iron. 

14-pounder . 1 

18-pounder . 3 

20-pounder . 1 

24-pounder . 6 

32-pounder . 2 

5-inch Howitzer .. 1 

4-inch Howitzer .. 1 


Total 


60 Iron Guns. 


Brass Guns. 


1- pounder . 5 

2 ^-pounder ... 2 

2 - pounder. 10 

\ Short 
(Long 

g S Sh0rt 


■»*: 


Total .- 73 

Total Ordnance .. 133 


(.Long 

4- pounder 

5- pounder . 3 

5^-pounder . 3 

6- pounder...20 

6|-pounder . 1 

7- pounder . 6 

8- pounder . 1 

10-pounder. 2 

Wall-Pieces under 1 lb. about 800, with a large quantity of Powder and Shot, 
not yet ascertained. 

Two large Iron Guns, broken and dismounted, lying at the Breach. 

(Signed) A. M'LEOD, 

Brigadier, Commandant of Artillery. 


12-pounder . 3 

ls ( Li e ht . 1 

(Heavy. 1 

24-pounder . 2 

32-pounder . 1 

68-pounder . 1 

4-pounder Howitzer .... 1 

7-inch ditto .. 2 

43-5th-inch ditto . 1 

6-inch Mortar. 1 


True Copy. 


(Signed) 


W. L. WATSON, 
Adjutant-General. 
















































128 


APPENDIX. 


Extract from a Letter from His Excellency the Commander-in-Chief dated 

the 24th January, 1826. 

Biana. “ I have the satisfaction to acquaint your Lordship, that, since 

Weir. the fall of Bhurtpore, the whole of the Fortresses within this Raj 

Kombeir. have surrendered to the British Army without opposition, and are 
Deeg. now accordingly occupied by Detachments from the Army under my 

Kama. Command. 

“ The Inhabitants of Bhurtpore are returning to their habitations, and resuming 
their usual avocations; and I am happy to say, that the desolation caused by the 
Storm, is fast disappearing.” 

By Command of the Right Hon. the Governor-General in Council, 

GEO. SWINTON', 

Secretary to the Government. 


General Orders by the Right Hon. the Governor-General in Council. 

Fort-William, 29th Jan. 1826. 

A Royal Salute, and Three Vollies of Musketry, to be fired at all the Stations 
of the Land Forces serving in the East Indies, in honor of the Capture, by Assault, 
of the Fortified City of Bhurtpore, on the morning of the 18th instant, by the 
Army under the Personal Command of His Excellency the Right Hon. Lord Com- 
bermere, Commander-in-Chief, and of the Unconditional Surrender of the Citadel 
of Bhurtpore, on the same day. 

By Command of the Right Hon. the Governor-General in Council, 

GEO. SWINTON, 

Secretary to the Government. 


Camp, Murwarra, 28 th Dec. 1825. 

Sir, 

For the information of the Right Hon. the Commander-in-Chief, 1 
have the honor to report, upwards of 200 of the Enemy’s Horse left the Uttell 
Bund between eight and nine o’clock last night, who, after feeling the Picquet on 
the Anah road, fell back under the Walls of the Fort until eleven o’clock, when, in 
the darkness of the night, they endeavoured to force their way by the Kombeer 
road; and between the Villages of Bussie and Murwarra they were driven back in 
the direction of the Fort, with the loss of 30 or 40 killed, 15 wounded, and 140 
prisoners. Ten or twelve succeeded in escaping through the Village of Murwarra. 




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I regret to add, Capt. Chambers, commanding 9th Light Cavalry, Capt. Palmer 
and Lieut. Brooke, of the same Corps, have been wounded; Capt. Palmer severely. 


I have the Honor to be, 


Your most obedient humble Servant, 

(Signed) J. W. SLEIGH, 

&c. &c. &c. 


To Lieut.-Col. Watson, Adjutant-General. 


Camp, Murwarra, 4th Jan. 1826. 

Sir, 

For the information of His Excellency the Commander-in-Chief, I 
have to report, the Foragers and Camel-men were attacked yesterday by a party 
of Horse from Deeg, “ five miles in rear of the Village of Jellaye.” One Suwar 
has been killed, three wounded, and one horse, with the loss of a few camels. 

Lieut. Trafford, in command of the Squadron on duty, pursued the Horse six 
or eight miles, and succeeded in capturing six prisoners and four horses: eight of 
the Horsemen were killed in the pursuit. 

I have the Honor to be, &c. &c. &c. 

(Signed) J. W. SLEIGH. 

To Lieut.-Col. Watson, Adjutant-General. 

Camp, 8th Jan. 

Sir, 

I beg, for the information of His Excellency the Commander-in- 
Chief, to report, the Picquet from the 8th Local Horse, at the Village of Degro, 
under the command of Meer Bhadoor Allee Ressaldar, was attacked yesterday by a 
party of 250 Horse from Kombheer. The Ressaldar, with a far inferior number, 
charged the Horsemen, in which 30 men and horses were killed, 10 horses taken, 
with a number of swords, spears, and two matchlocks. 

The Picquet lost 2 men, and 10 horses severely wounded. 

I have the Honor to be, &c. &c. &c. 

J. W. SLEIGH, 

Brigadier-General. 

To Lieut.-Col. Watson, Adjutant-General. 









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Camp, Murwarra, 19 th Jan. 1826. 

Sir, 

For the information of the Right Hon. the Commander-in-Chief, I 
have the honor to inform you, I stationed the Cavalry and Horse-Artillery on the 
south-west side of Bhurtpore in the following position, on the morning of the 18th, 
to enable them to intercept any of the Enemy who might force their way from the 
Fortress. 

The 10th Light Cavalry rested on the high road from the Uttell Bund to 
Bianna;—two Squadrons of the 16th Lancers on the right of the Village of Jellaye ; 
—Major Fraser's Detachment of Lieut.-Col. Skinner’s Horse, on the left of Jellaye; 
—the 9th Light Cavalry on the Anah road, leading to Sewar;—two Squadrons of 
the 16th Lancers, with the 6th Light Cavalry, on the Plain between Goolparra and 
Akud;—a Squadron of the 3rd Light Cavalry I detached on the high road to 
Bianna, near the Village of Ochain. The Troop of Horse-Artillery were divided; 
two Guns in front of Jellaye, two on the road from Anah to Sewar, two Guns and 
four Howitzers to the left of Goolparra. The Detachment of Infantry were divided 
at Goolparra and Akud, in the two villages. 

About ten o’clock a party of Foot and Horse attempted to force their way 
through Jellaye ; the whole of which were taken after a short resistance, but with 
considerable loss. A short time after, nearly three thousand endeavoured to get 
through by Goolparra, but were met by the 9th Light Cavalry and Infantry Picquet; 
the whole of whom, after a trifling resistance, “ with the loss of some six or seven 
men,” threw down their Arm6. This Body stated themselves to be Troops from 
Alwar. 

Between three and four o’clock, Doorjun Saul, with a body of 100 Select 
Horse, who had remained concealed in the Jungle near Akud two or three hours, 
endeavoured to get off by the Sewar road, but were taken by a Troop of the 8th 
Light Cavalry; and I am happy in being able to report, was secured, with two 
Sons, his Wife, and one of his Brothers. 

The whole of the Prisoners taken on this face of the Fort, amounted to 
upwards of 6000. 

I have the Honor to be. 

Your most obedient humble Servant, 

(Signed) J. W. SLEIGH, 

Colonel 11th Dragoons, 
Brigadier-General. 


To Lieut.-Col. Watson, Adjutant-General. 


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Camp near Bhurtpore, 19 th Jan. 1826. 

Sir, 

In obedience to the orders that had been transmitted to me late last 
evening-, by the Quarter-Master-General, I have the honor to report, that the 
Columns of the Division under my command, destined for the Assault of the 
Breach near the North-East Angle, and that near the Jungeena Gate of Gopaulghur, 
were in the Trenches at half an hour before day-break. The right Column 
consisted of two Companies of the 1st European Regiment, commanded by Capt. 
Davidson; the 58th N. Infantry, commanded by Capt. Hunter; and a Detachment 
of 100 Goorkas, under the command of Lieut. Kirke of the 12th N. Infantry. The 
head of the Column rested in the two-gun Battery to the extreme right of the 
Trenches, and immediately opposite to the point of Attack. 

The left Column, under my own immediate direction, was composed of H. M. 
14th Foot; eight Companies commanded by Major Everard, followed by the 23 rd 
N. Infantry, commanded by Lieut.-Col. Nation; one Wing of the 41st N. Infantry, 
commanded by Major Hunter, being the Brigade of Brigadier-Gen. M'Combe; 
the 60th N. Infantry, commanded by Lieut.-Col. Bowyer, and 6th N. Infantry, 
commanded by Lieut.-Col. Pepper, being the Brigade of Brigadier Paton. 

On ascending the Breach, Brigadier-Gen. M'Combe was ordered to proceed to 
the right, and Brigadier Paton to the left, of course detaching, and otherwise 
acting to the front, as circumstances required. 

The signal for leaving the Trenches, and commencing the Assault, viz. the 
Springing of the Great Mine under the North-East Angle, was made at a little 
before nine o’clock; and as soon as the dust had subsided, the head of the Column 
moved out in good order, and proceeded to the new Breach formed by the debris 
of the Explosion, led by Majors Everard and Bisshopp, of H. M. 14th Regiment 
of Foot. The crowning of the Breach was the work of a moment. The Enemy 
made a stout resistance for a short time, but nothing could withstand the bayonets 
of the 14th Grenadiers. Brigadier-Gen. M'Combe and Brigadier Paton having 
both been wounded in the Trenches, the proceedings to the right devolved on 
Lieut.-Col. Nation, of the 23rd N. Infantry; but I regret to state, that this valuable 
Officer was severely wounded at the head of the Column on the Ramparts. The 
Column then proceeded under Major Everard’s direction, and never terminated its 
gallant career until it reached the Anah Gate, and united with the Troops of 
Major-Gen. Nicolls’ Division. 

The Enemy sprung a Mine on the Ramparts, and, I lament to say, destroyed 
nearly a Section of the 14th Regiment, resisting the progress of the Troops at 
every point, and fell fighting at their guns. Major Bisshopp, after passing the 
Cavalier at the North-East Angle, took possession of the Sorajpoor Gate, and 

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proceeded as far to the left as the intervening 1 Wall of Gopaulg-hur would admit, 
descending 1 into Gopaulghur, and to the Gate of the Citadel. 

So soon as I had supported the right and left sufficiently, I detached the 60th 
N. Infantry into the heart of the Town, followed by the 6th N. Infantry; and thus 
all Gopaulghur and its Gates were soon in our possession. Lieut.-Col. Bowyer 
was opposed in his progress, but drove the Enemy before him, and took several 
stand of their Colours. 

The Column of Attack commanded by Lieut.-Col. Delamain, advanced from 
the Trenches simultaneously with that under my immediate command, and succeeded, 
in spite of the Enemy’s efforts, in ascending the Breach and taking possession of the 
Jungeena Gate. 

Undaunted gallantry, steadiness, and discipline, show conspicuous in every 
step and act of H. M. 14th Regiment, in the whole of this arduous service; and I am 
at a loss how to recommend to the Commander-in-Chief, in terms of adequate 
strength, the conduct of Majors Everard and Bisshopp. His Lordship will regret 
the loss of Capt. Armstrong, who was killed on the Ramparts, gallantly performing 
his duty. I believe that no other Officer of the Regiment has fallen; but as yet I 
have not received any detailed report of the killed and wounded. 

I have to bring to the notice of His Excellency the Commander-in Chief, the 
conduct of Lieut.-Col. Nation, 23rd N. Infantry, who succeeded to the Command of 
Brigadier-Gen. M‘Combe’s Brigade; and I have every cause to be pleased with the 
manner in which Lieut.-Colonels Bowyer, Pepper, and Major Hunter, supported 
with their Corps, performed their duty. 

Lieut.-Col. Delamain, Capt. Hunter, and Capt. Davidson, who led the right 
Column, merit his Lordship’s approbation; and I much regret to hear, that the 
two latter Officers are wounded severely. 

Major Everard reports, that Brigade-Major Caine, of H. M. 14th Foot, 
accompanied him throughout, and distinguished himself particularly. I have had 
every cause to be satisfied with the assistance l experienced from the Division Staff, 
Captains Pogson and Wight; and from my Aides-de-Camp, Capt. Meade and Lieut. 
Meade. I beg most particularly to recommend to his Lordship’s favourable notice, 
the conduct of the former. 

I cannot in propriety conclude this Report, without stating that Capt. Archer, 
the Commander-in-Chief’s Aide-de-Camp, who volunteered to accompany me at 
the Assault, mounted the Breach at the head of the 14th Regiment, and planted 
the Standard of England upon the Cavalier of the North-East Angle; thus, as it 
were, sealing the destiny of Bhurtpore for ever. 

I have the Honor to be. Sir, &c. &c. &c. 

(Signed) THOS. REYNELL, 

To Lieut.-Col. Watson, Adjutant-General of the Army. Ma ^ or General - 



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Camp, Bhurtpore, 19 th Jan. 1826. 

Sir, 

Having- done me the honor, as Senior Officer of the two Squadrons 
placed under my command, to operate as circumstances might require, from orders 
received from Brigadier Childers, I proceeded, agreeable to instructions, to Col. 
Faithfull’s Post, and accompanied guns to a Battery erecting in front, on the left of 
which I formed. I was soon under the necessity, from a very heavy fire, to retire 
out of its range, as I was directed. Shortly after, I received intimation that the 
Enemy’s Horse were making off. I went to the left, and when opposite the Uttell 
Bund Gate, I formed the Squadrons, with the intention of attacking this Body, 
who I found under the Wall of the Fort, by a flank movement. I left the 3rd 
Squadron under Capt. Bond, and I took the 2nd Squadron to the right some 
distance, and desired Capt. Creighton to bring his right Shoulders up, and charge, 
which had the desired effect, to make them quit their position. Observing them 
advancing to the Village on my left, I immediately formed the Squadrons to charge 
them. At this moment, being unacquainted with any support.in my rear, I was joined 
unexpectedly by Major S. Smith of the 3rd Light Cavalry, with one Squadron, who 
anticipated my intention, and carried it into effect. 

1 take this opportunity to request you will, for the Brigadier’s information, 
who I hope will forward it to the proper quarter, intimate the full acquiescence 
to my orders, executed by all my Officers and Men; and have to express my sincere 
thanks for their prompt and ready assistance. 

I have the Honor to be, 

Sir, 

Your obedient humble Servant, 

J. JENKINS, 

Capt. 11th Dragoons. 

To Major Smith, Commanding. 


Return of Killed and Wounded of H. M. 11 th Dragoons , 18 th Jan. 1826. 

Troopers. —Killed, Richard Gane,—wounded, John Ray, Edward Simon, James 
Brady, Thomas Bucherfield, Robert Walker. 

Horses. —Killed, 2,—wounded, 10. 


J. JENKINS, 

Capt. Uth Dragoons. 










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IV. 

THANKS TO THE ARMY. 


General Orders. Camp, Bhurtpore, 19 th Jan. 1826. 

The Right Hon. the Commander-in-Chief congratulates the Army under his 
Personal Command, on the brilliant Achievements that have crowned its Services, 
in the Assault and Capture of the Fortress of Bhurtpore. 

The highly creditable manner in which the previous operations connected 
with the Siege, the cheerful endurance of fatigue, hard labour and vigilance, 
displayed on all occasions by every arm of the Service, were duly appreciated by 
his Lordship, and gave earnest of that devoted gallantry which were shown 
yesterday in the Assault of the Enemy’s Fortified Town, the total rout of his Force 
with immense slaughter, the Evacuation of the strong Citadel, which immediately 
followed, and finally, the Capture of the Usurper and his Family, with most of his 
Chiefs—form the most complete series of successful Events, that the most ardent 
expectations could have contemplated, and have shed lustre over the brilliant 
performances of the day, without leaving a wish connected with the Glory and 
Reputation unsatisfied. 

Lord Combermere, guided by the usage of the Service, now proceeds to the 
pleasing duty of particularizing those Officers whose situations in Command gave 
them opportunity of more particularly distinguishing themselves ; but his Lordship 
desires to assure the Army in general, that in thus complying with an established 
custom, he feels, and acknowledges, a difficulty he has in rendering justice to the 
merits and claims of a vast many, indeed of the whole of those immediately 
engaged, wherein all performed their duty so entirely to his satisfaction. 

To Major-Generals Reynell and Nicolls belong, independently of their 
indefatigable exertions during the previous operations of the Siege, the peculiar 
merit of forming and conducting the Storming Columns of their respective Divisions, 
and by their animating example, carrying the Enemy’s Works with a rapidity and 
energy that will long be remembered by all who witnessed the conduct of the 
Troops when mounting to the Assault. 

The arrangements which fell to the share of Brigadier-Gen. Sleigh, C. B. 
commanding the Cavalry, not only during the Assault, but from the commencement 
of the investiture of Bhurtpore, are to be appreciated by the fact, that none of the 
Enemy escaped from the Fort but on the conditions of surrender; and that the 
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rank or authority under him, has been effected through the vigilance and gallantry 
of the several Corps employed under his command. 

The services of the 1st and 8th Corps of Irregular Horse, under the command 
of Lieut.-Col. Skinner, assisted by Major Fraser, throughout the Siege, have 
frequently elicited the highest admiration and applause: nothing could exceed the 
devotion and bravery of this valuable class of soldiery; and Lieut.-Col. Skinner 
and Major Fraser fully merit the acknowledgments of his Lordship’s unqualified 
approbation of their conduct, and that of their men. 

To Brigadier M'Leod, C. B., in the general Command of the Artillery, and 
Brigadiers Hetzler and Brown, commanding the Siege and Field Artillery respec¬ 
tively, the Commander-in-Chief feels greatly indebted, for their highly creditable 
exertions; as also to the whole of the Officers and Men of the Artillery, for the 
excellent display of scientific correctness in their Batteries, as well as for their 
commendable endurance of fatigue, which the nature of the Service necessarily 
exposed them to. The science, devotion, and fortitude evinced on all occasions by 
the Officers and Men of the Engineer Corps, including the Corps of Sappers and 
Miners, and Detachment of Pioneer Corps, it would be difficult to appreciate fully. 
Many were the instances displayed by this Body, that proved their worth, and 
excited general admiration. 

Brigadier Anburey, C. B., Principal Field Engineer, and all the Officers under 
his Command, are particularly entitled to the approbation of the Commander-in- 
Chief. 

To Brigadier-Generals Adams, C. B., M'Combe, and Edwards, and to Brigadiers 
Murray, Childers, Whitehead, Paton, C. B., and Fagan, the Commander-in-Chief 
offers his best Thanks, for their meritorious exertions at the head of their respective 
Brigades; nor can his Lordship admit from the list of Officers to whom his 
Thanks are due, the names of Lieut.-Colonels S. Nation, J. Delamain, T. Wilson, 
H. S. Pepper, W. C. Baddeley, and Bowyer; and of Majors Fuller, Everard, and 
Bisshopp, of His Majesty’s Service, with that of Major G. Hunter, as having been 
particularly brought to his Lordship’s notice, for their conspicuous conduct in 
command of Regiments and Detachments engaged in the Storm. 

His Lordship greatly laments the loss of Officers and Men on this important 
occasion; but it affords him some consolation to add, that notwithstanding the 
vigorous and determined resistance every where evinced by the Enemy, this loss 
has been confined within as narrow limits as could be looked for in the achievement 
of such a Conquest. 

The Wounded Officers and Men have His Excellency’s warmest sympathy for 
their sufferings, and anxious solicitude for their comfort and speedy recovery. 
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Lieut.-Col. Faithfull, whose previous wound deprived the Service of his valuable 
aid. 

The Commander-in-Chief gives his warmest Thanks to Lieut.-Col. Watson, 
Adjutant-General of the Army, and to Lieut.-Col. Stevenson, Quarter-Master- 
General, for the indefatigable zeal and ability which they have displayed in carrying 
on the important duties of their respective departments. 

To Major-Gen. Sir S. Whittingham, Quarter-Master-General, and Lieut.-Col. 
M'Gregor, Acting Adjutant-General of the King’s Troops, Lord Combermere has 
to return his best acknowledgments for their services. 

The Hon. Lieut.-Col. J. Finch, Military Secretary, and Capt. Macan, Persian 
Interpreter, have merited the approbation and thanks of the Commander-in-Chief, 
not only for their assiduous and good judgment in carrying on the business of their 
respective offices, but for their zealous assistance in the field. 

To Capt. Dawkins, and the rest of his Personal Staff, Lord Combermere has 
to return his best acknowledgments, for their zeal and activity upon all occasions. 

(Signed) W. L. WATSON, 

Lieut.-Col. Adjutant-General. 


Division Orders by Major-General Thomas Reynell, C. B., Commanding the 

1st Infantry Division. 

Camp at Gopaulghur, 18 th Jan. 1826. 

Major-General Reynell congratulates the Troops of his Division, European and 
Native, engaged in the Storming of Gopaulghur this morning, upon the brilliant 
Success which attended their gallant exertions. It is impossible for him to convey 
half what he feels, in appreciating the conduct of H. M. 14th Regiment, that led 
the principal Storming Column. It has impressed his mind with stronger notions of 
what a British Regiment is capable of, when led by such Officers as Majors Everard, 
Bisshopp, and Capt. M'Kenzie, than he ever before possessed. 

The Major-General requests that Major Everard will assure the Officers of the 
14th Regiment, that they more than realized his expectations. He trusts that the 
wounds of Brigadier-Gen. M'Combe, Brigadier Paton, and Lieut.-Col. Nation, will 
not long deprive the Division of their valuable services; and he deeply laments the 
death of Capt. Armstrong of the 14th. 

The Major-General has heard with great satisfaction, the success which 
attended the Assault of the right Column, under Lieut.-Col. Delamain, at the 
Breach near the Jungeena Gate; and he requests that the Lieutenant-Colonel will 
accept his best acknowledgments; and to express to Capt. Davidson, who com^ 



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manded the Detachment of the European Regiment that led the Column, and to 
Capt. J. Hunter, who commanded the 58th N. Infantry, the sense he entertains of 
the important service they have performed for their country. It is with much 
regret that he has heard of the severe wound received by Capt. Hunter. Lieut.- 
Col. Delamain is also requested to convey to the Officers and Men of the Corps 
composing the Column, his perfect approval of their steady conduct during the 
operation. 

The Major-General has also to mark his approbation of the conduct of the several 
Native Regiments which supported H. M. 14th, and begs that their Commanding 
Officers, viz. Lieut.-Col. Nation, 23rd N. Infantry, Lieut.-Col. Bowyer, 60th 
N. Infantry, Lieut.-Col. Pepper, 6th N. Infantry, and Major G. Hunter, 41st N. Infantry, 
will severally convey these sentiments to the Officers and Men of their Regiments. 

The spirited conduct of the little Detachment of the Nusserree Battalion, under 
Lieut. Kirke, has not escaped the Major-General’s observation. 

(Signed) R. W. POGSON, 

Assistant Adjutant-General 
1st Division. 


Division Orders, by Major-General Nicolls, C. B., Commanding the 2nd 
Infantry Division of the Army. 

Camp, Bhurtpore, 19 th Jan. 1826. 

Major-Gen. Nicolls congratulates the Division upon the triumphant and most 
glorious issue to which their labours, their zeal, and at last, their gallantry, have 
contributed to bring the Contest for which the British Government brought the 
Army into the field. 

It has been no common struggle—Defences, Men, and ample means, were at 
the Rajah’s command; and Bhurtpore had a name which seemed to frown defiance. 
All have yielded to British Science, to our perseverance, to our discipline, and 
above all, to our Valour. 

The Major-General embraces the earliest opportunity of thanking all the Corps 
which had the honor of being engaged yesterday, for the steady gallantry of their 
advance through the Breach and along the Rampart, by which the Enemy’s cannon 
were secured, his force broken, and the Rajah himself compelled to fly before we 
occupied all the Gates. 

Such steady gallantry it is that leads to Victory, or at least deserves it. The 
dangerous wound received by Brigadier-Gen. Edwards, may prevent his ever 
knowing how much and how sincerely his loss is deplored by Major-Gen. Nicolls 
and by the whole Division. He fell in directing the Advance of the leading 
Companies of the Storming Column, and affording to those present, a noble 
example of devotion to their Country’s Cause. 

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The conduct of H. M. 59th Regiment fully equalled the highest expectation 
the Major-General had formed, upon an experience of two months, during which he 
had never imputed to them a single fault. He told them on going down, that 
“England expected every man to do his duty”—they re-echoed the sentiment, and 
have nobly redeemed the pledge. The manner of doing it, can never be effaced 
from his mind. 

Major Fuller is earnestly requested to convey to his gallant Corps, the Major- 
General’s grateful thanks; and to receive them personally, for his judicious and 
spirited conduct, which indeed was conspicuously evident in every Officer who 
came within his observation. 

The General would regret the heavy loss sustained by the 59th Regiment, did 
his experience not inform him, that great achievements are usually attended by 
heavy sacrifices. 

To Lieut.-Colonels Wilson and Baddeley, who commanded the Columns which 
immediately followed H. M. 59th Regiment, Major-Gen. Nicolls begs to return 
his hearty acknowledgments.—The handsome and animated advance of the two 
Companies of the 1st European Regiment was followed, indeed emulated, by the 
31st N. Infantry, the Light Infantry, 37th Regiment, the 1st Grenadiers of the 
35th, and the Detachment Sirmoor Battalion. The Service which fell to these 
Troops was very essential, and it was gallantly and effectually performed. 

Captains Orchard, Herring, and Mercer, and Lieut. Fisher, are requested to 
receive the Major-General’s best thanks, for the exertions so cheerfully made by 
their respective Detachments. 

The narrow Rampart did not allow of Brigadier Fagan’s Brigade sharing much 
in the glory of the day; but the Major-General observed in it a confidence and 
firmness that only sought direction and object. The Brigadier himself is an Officer 
whom the Major-General would be proud and happy to have at his aid in an hour 
of danger and difficulty. 

To Lieut.-Col. Blackney, Major Ward, and Capt. Hawthorne, commanding 
the 35th, 21st., and 15th N. Infantry, Major-Gen. Nicolls offers his best thanks. 

To his friend Brigadier-General Adams, Major-Gen. Nicolls is under many 
obligations, for aid received during this Service.— He was compelled to place an 
Officer on whom perfect reliance could be placed under any contingency, in charge 
of the Reserve of the Division: to this, and to his rank, must the Brigadier-General 
attribute his being doomed on this occasion to follow—who has been so long 
accustomed to lead and to conquer. 

The Major-General is greatly indebted to this Division Staff, and to his 
Personal Staff, for the zealous manner in which they have assisted on every 
occasion since he assumed charge of the Division. 


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He assures Capt. Anderson, Assistant Adjutant-General, Capt. Penny, Deputy 
Assistant Quarter-Master-General, Capt. Carmichael, and the Hon. Jeffrey Amherst, 
that he will ever gratefully associate their services with his happiest remembrance 
of this proud day. 

To Capt. Carmichael, he additionally offers the tribute of his thanks and 
admiration, for the neat, and spirited, and effectual manner in which he ascended 
the Breach on the 17th, for the purpose of examining and reporting upon the nature 
and extent of the interior Defences. 

To Capt. Colvin, Lieutenants Smith and poileau of the Engineers, Major-Gen. 
Nicolls offers his sincere acknowledgments, for their conduct and assistance. He regrets 
that the wound received by Capt. Colvin deprived him of his aid so early in the day. 

The Major-General is delighted to say, that he has not heard of any instance 
to which to attach the shadow of misconduct. On future occasions, he recommends 
the Corps employed to emulate their own example on this glorious morning. The 
Officers always remembering that their Honor consists in leading and directing 
with vigour, and the Men anticipating Victory, whilst they follow with confidence 
in silent, connected, and compact Bodies. 

(Signed) D. D. ANDERSON, 

Assistant Adjutant-General 
2nd Division. 


Extract Division Orders, by Major-General Nicolls, Commanding the 2nd 

Division of the Army. 

Head-Quarters, Camp, Ooncha Gong, ‘llnd Jan. 1826. 

Major-Gen. Nicolls having most inadvertently omitted the name of Capt. Ander¬ 
son of the Pioneers, who planted the ladders with severe loss on the 18th instant, 
for Lieut.-Col. Wilson’s Column in the angle of the Ditch on the right, under a 
heavy fire, he begs to return that Officer his hearty thanks, and wishes him to convey 
the same to the Men who aided in placing the ladders on that memorable occasion. 

Brigadier Fagan having reported, that Major Ward and the 21st N. Infantry 
joined the 2nd Brigade soon after its arrival at the Agra Gate, the Major-General 
begs to applaud the spirit shewn by that Regiment, and to assure the Major that 
he has always been pleased with its conduct. 

Capt. Hall of H. M. 14th Regiment, Aide-de-Camp to the lamented General 
Edwards, is requested to receive the Major-General’s thanks for his share of the 
exertions of that day, and for his care of his Chief, when the Column was so 


unhappily deprived of his example. 

A True Extract, 

(Signed) 

D. D. ANDERSON, 

Assistant Adjutant-General 
2nd Division. 


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Division Orders by Brigadier-General Sleigh, C. B., Commanding the 
Cavalry Division of the Army. 

Brigadier-General Sleigh cannot allow the Cavalry Division to separate, with¬ 
out expressing the pleasure that he has received in commanding Corps who have 
conducted themselves with such unexampled good conduct. 

The nature of the Service which caused the Army to assemble, has been such 
as to admit of little for the Cavalry to do; but the Brigadier-General is not less 
impressed with what might be performed with such a Body of Troops. 

The alertness shewn throughout the Siege of Bhurtpore, by the Troops on the 
South-west side of the Fort, who were under his immediate notice, calls for every 
commendation; and he has not failed to represent to His Excellency the Com- 
mander-in-Chief, the vigilance with which they invested this side of the Fortress. 

To Major Pearse, commanding H. M. 16th Lancers, Lieut.-Col. Gall, 8th Light 
Cavalry, Lieut.-Col. Tombs, 3rd Light Cavalry, Lieut.-Col. Becher, 6th Light 
Cavalry, Major Stewart, 10th Light Cavalry, Capt. Chambers, 9th Light Cavalry, 
and Captain Duffin of the 7th, who succeeded to the Command of the 9th Light 
Cavalry on Capt. Chambers being wounded—he offers his warmest thanks; and 
begs they will convey the same to their respective Corps and Officers. 

H. M. 11th Light Dragoons and 4th Light Cavalry being detached, the Bri- 
gadieF-General had not the same opportunity of witnessing their exertions; but he 
begs to assure them. Brigadier Childers has not failed to bring to his notice the 
steady and attentive conduct of both Corps. 

The Brigadier speaks in the strongest terms of the cheerful manner with which 
the 4th Light Cavalry, under Lieut.-Col. Harper, complied with the fatiguing duty 
they had to go through on the East side of the Fort. He begs this Corps will 
equally accept his thanks. 

The Brigadier-General cannot mark the sense he entertains of the gallant 
manner in which those Officers who volunteered to lead their men to the Assault 
of such a Fortress, “ a duty so unusual for Cavalry,” than by publicly recording 
their names; viz. Capt. P. B. Brown, Lieut. E. Windus, and Cornet J. H. Pearson, 
of H. M. 11th Dragoons; Capt. Luard, Lieutenants M'Cor.chy and Walker of 
H. M. 16th Lancers; Lieut. G. C. Smyth of the 3rd Light Cavalry; Lieut. H. Clayton 
of the 4th Light Cavalry; Lieut. Connolly of the 6th Light Cavalry; Lieut. White 
8th Light Cavalry; Lieut. Brooke 9th Light Cavalry; Lieut. J. R. Skipton 10th 
Light Cavalry; and he feels convinced, if the opportunity had been given to Major 
Smith of the 11th Dragoons, and Major Smith of the 3rd Light Cavalry, 1st and 
2nd in Command of this little Detachment, that the most brilliant success would 
have attended their exertions on the important service they were called to perform. 


APPENDIX. 


141 


The Troops of Horse Artillery attached to the Division, under Lieut.-Col. 
Starke and Major Whish, deserve the greatest approbation, for their steady, good 
behaviour, and the constancy with which they performed the fatiguing duty which 
fell to their lot. Lieut.-Col. Starke and Major Whish will be good enough to give 
their Officers and Men the Brigadier-General’s best acknowledgments, and to assure 
them of the pleasure he shall ever feel by having them on service with him. 

To Lieut.-Col. Skinner’s Horse, separated in two Divisions, under himself and 
Major Fraser, every praise is due: this gallant Corps’ services has been essential, 
and they have fully kept up the high name and opinion that has been entertained 
of them for years. They will take to their Quarters the Brigadier-General’s best 
wishes, and he trusts he may add, the certainty of being called into action when¬ 
ever the Cavalry may be called to the field. 

To Brigadier Murray, C. B., and Brigadier Childers, he is particularly obliged 
for their exertions, and the order they have kept their respective Brigades in. 

From his Personal Staff, Major Kelly, Acting Adjutant-General, Capt. Frushard, 
Acting Quarter-Master-General, and Lieut. Ahmuty, his Aide-de-Camp, he has 
received every assistance he could possibly desire. 

(Signed) E. KELLY, 

Acting Adjutant-General. 


By Brigadier Alexander M‘Leod, C. B., Commanding the Artillery before 
Bhurtpore.—Field Regimental Orders, 21 st Jan. 1826. 

The Commandant begs to offer to Officers and Men of that part of the Regiment 
engaged in the Field under his more immediate Command, his best thanks, for the 
conduct and exertions during the Siege, which have, in General Orders to-day 
published, obtained the approbation of the Right Hon. the Commander-in-Chief; 
and to Brigadier Hetzler, C. B., and C. Brown, he has more especially to tender 
his acknowledgments, for the assistance he has derived from them in their respective 
Commands. 

To Capt. Tennant, the Assistant Adjutant-General, he feels much indebted for 
his able assistance on this and many other occasions, for which he is entitled to his 
warmest acknowledgments and thanks. To Lieut. Dashwood, his Aide-de-Camp, 
he also tenders his best thanks, for his conspicuously useful exertions. 











142 


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By Brigadier C. Brown.—Field Regimental Orders, Jan. 23, 1826. 

The Brigadier commanding the Horse and Field Artillery, cannot refrain from 
olfering his most sincere and hearty Congratulations to both Officers and Men, upon 
the occasion which has called them forth; and he begs to assure them, that the 
zeal and anxiety which they evinced throughout the Operations against Bhurtpore, 
have impressed upon his mind the deepest sense of their merits. 


Engineer Brigade Orders by Brigadier Anburey, C. B., Principal Field 

Engineer. 

Camp before Bhurtpore, 19 th Jan. 1826. 

The Brigadier commanding the Engineers offers his hearty Congratulations to 
the Officers of the Corps of Engineers, Sappers and Miners, and Pioneers, on the 
successful termination of their labours before Bhurtpore; and he begs at the same 
time to offer to them his sincere thanks, for the assistance he has experienced from 
them generally, in the arduous undertaking; and he assures them, that he will not 
fail to make the same known to His Excellency the Right Hon. the Commander-in- 
Chief, as speedily as possible. 


General Orders. Head-Quarters, 1 5th Feb. 1826. 

The Right Hon. the Commander-in-Chief derives the greatest satisfaction in 
communicating to the Army the following Copy of a Letter, addressed to his 
Lordship by the Right Hon. the Governor-General in Council, expressive of the 
high sense entertained by Government of the gallantry and devotion displayed by 
the Troops on the late memorable occasion. Lord Combermere is pleased to direct, 
that this gratifying communication may be read and explained to the several Regi¬ 
ments composing the Army lately employed against Bhurtpore, on the first Parade 
after the receipt of this Order. 


To His Excellency the Right Hon. Lord Combermere, G. C. B., 8fc. 8fc. Sfc. 

Commander-in-Chief. 

My Lord, 

We have had the honor to receive, by the hands of Capt. Daw¬ 
kins, your Lordship’s Despatch of the 19th instant, announcing the Capture by 





APPENDIX. 143 

Storm of the Fortified Town, and Unconditional Surrender of the Citadel of Bhurt- 
pore, on the preceding- day. 

The intelligence of an event reflecting such glory as a Military Exploit, and 
fraught with such important benefit to the British Interest in India, in a political 
point of view, has been received by us with commensurate admiration and applause, 
and demands from us the expression of our most cordial thanks and acknowledg¬ 
ments to your Lordship, and the brave Troops by whom the Conquest of this 
renowned, and hitherto impregnable Fortress, has been achieved. Impressed with 
the highest sense of the value and importance of the service which has been per¬ 
formed under the personal direction of your Excellency,—of the zeal and science 
with which the Siege was conducted,—and the gallantry and devotion displayed in 
the Storm,—we warmly concur in the well-merited encomium which your Lordship 
has bestowed on the Officers and Men under your Command; and we request your 
Excellency may, in General Order which you may be pleased to issue to the Army 
on the occasion, express our most cordial concurrence in the sentiments of approbation 
with which you have brought to our notice the gallant and meritorious exertions of 
all who had the honor of sharing with your Lordship in an achievement which will 
ever hold a distinguished place in the Annals of our Military Prowess in the East. 

Where the conduct of every one has been such as to deserve and receive the 
warmest approbation with which it has been honored by your Excellency, we could 
not specify our sense of the meritorious services of some, without appearing to 
overlook the no less praiseworthy exertions of others; nor could we indeed, by any 
applause of ours, add to the proud satisfaction which all must feel on the perusal of 
the terms in which they have been collectively and individually mentioned by your 
Excellency: refraining, therefore, from the further indulgence of so gratifying a 
feeling, we content ourselves with requesting your Excellency to offer our thanks in 
particular to Major-Generals Reynell and Nicolls, who commanded the 1st and 2nd 
Divisions, and to whose able support, and the excellent disposition made by them 
for the Attack, which they personally directed, and to whom your Lordship has 
expressed yourself to be so greatly indebted. 

We deeply regret the loss of the brave Officers and Men who have nobly 
fallen in the Service of their Country. If any source of consolation, however, can 
be found in the first moments of public or private sorrow, it is to be sought in the 
reflection, that those whose fall we lament, have died a Soldier’s Honorable Death 
in the Arms of Victory, and that their Memory will live in the grateful recollection 
of the Government whom they faithfully served, and be embalmed in the imperishable 
record of the Triumph which they sealed with their blood. 

The Standards entrusted by your Excellency to the charge of Capt. Dawkins, 

. 

have been safely delivered; and will be retained as a memorial of the splendid 







144 


APPENDIX. 


Achievements which have illustrated the auspicious commencement of your Ex¬ 
cellency’s Command of the Indian Army. 


We have the Honor to be, 


My Lord, 


Your Lordship’s most obedient. 


(Signed) AMHERST, 

J. H. HARRINGTON, 
W. B. BAYLEY. 


A true Copy, 


(Signed) W. L. WATSON, 

Adjutant-General. 


CALCUTTA. 


BHURTPORE PRIZE MONEY. 


GOVERNMENT GENERAL ORDERS. 

Fort-William, Feb. 16, 1829. 

The Right Hon. the Governor-General in Council has been pleased to 
direct the publication to the Army, of the following Orders from the Kon. Court of 
Directors, desiring the Payment to the Army employed, of the Booty captured at 
Bhurtpore, which has been granted by His Most Gracious Majesty as Prize. 


Extract of a General Letter from the Hon. the Court of Directors in the Military 
Department, under date the 9th April, 1828. 

Para. 2 .—“ In compliance with our application, in the usual form, to the Lords 
Commissioners of His Majesty’s Treasury, a Warrant has been issued by His Ma¬ 
jesty (of which a copy is enclosed), granting the Booty taken at Bhurtpore to the 
East India Company upon trust, to retain one moiety for their own use, and to 
distribute the other moiety among the Captors, agreeably to the usage of the 
Army in India. 

3. —“ In accordance with the disposition we have ever entertained to reward 
the zealous exertions of our Troops, we have resolved to grant to the Captors the 
moiety of the Booty thus placed at our disposal. 

4. —“ You will take the necessary measures for distributing the Booty imme¬ 
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5. —“ Interest at the rate of five per cent, per annum is to be allowed on the 
amount of the Booty deposited in your Treasury, from the date of the deposit to 
the date when the distribution is announced in General Orders. 

6. —“ The Stamp-duty on the Grant, amounting- to £21,900*, must be deducted 
from the amount of the Booty to be paid to the Captors.” 


Extract of a General Letter from the Hon. the Court of Directors in the Military 
Department, under date the 22nd April, 1828. 

Para. 8.—“ Referring- to our Despatch of the 9th instant, we transmit a number 
in the Packet, the Copy of a Memorial addressed to us by the Ag-ent on behalf of 
Lord Combermere, with its Enclosure, being the Letter of the Adjutant-General at 
your Presidency, dated the 9th September, 1826. 

9.—“ You have our sanction to enable the European Officers employed with 
the Army before Bhurtpore, to fulfil their wishes for the appropriation of the sums 
and articles specified in the Letter from the Adjutant-General, above referred to, 
out of their shares of the moiety of the Booty placed at our disposal, and granted 
by us to the Army.” 


LETTER REFERRED TO ABOVE. 

Adjutant-General’s Office, Presidency of 
Fort-William, 9 th Sept. 1826. 

Gentlemen, 

The Right Hon. the Commander-in-Chief, understanding 
that you are about to transmit to the Authorities in England the Accounts and 
Papers connected with the Booty captured at Bhurtpore by the Army under His 
Excellency’s Personal Command, in view to their submission to the King in Council, 
had desired me to acquaint you with the wishes of the European Officers employed 
with that Army, as communicated by them to his Lordship, respecting the appro¬ 
priation (should His Majesty be graciously pleased to bestow the Booty on the 
Captors) of certain sums and articles of Prize Property, arising from or appertaining 
to the Booty, to the under-mentioned purposes. 

That the great Brass Gun, called Mutsud Ally, and captured near to the 
Gateway of the Citadel, be sent to England, to be presented to His Majesty, with 
such other articles for presentation to His Royal Highness the Duke of York, as 
Lord Combermere may select. 

* Bhurtpore Rupees, 2,30,625 0 0 
Calcutta Sicca Rupees, 2,20,944 6 1 
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146 


APPENDIX. 


2nd.—That the sum of Soonat Rupees 50,000, fifty thousand, be deducted from 
the amount to be divided amongst the European Officers belonging to His Majesty’s 
and the Company’s Troops employed, and to be set apart for the use of the Widows 
of the Officers named in the margin*, who fell at the Storm, or who lost their lives 
in action during the operations of the Siege, and for the Widows and Orphans of 
the European Non-commissioned Officers and Privates who lost their lives in the 
Assault, or in action during the Siege, to be divided in the following proportions : 
Soonat Rupees 10,000, to the Widow of each of the Officers, and the remaining 
10,000 to the Widows and Orphans of the European Non-commissioned Officers and 
Privates. 

3rd.—That two Brass Field-pieces be selected from the Captured Ordnance, 
and be presented by the Prize-Agents, in the name of the Army, to the Right Hon. 
Lord Combermere, Commander-in-Chief; and further, that the sum of £500 ster¬ 
ling be placed at the command of the Prize-Agents, from the Funds, to be expended 
in mounting these Guns in a suitable and appropriate manner. 

I have, &c. 

(Signed) W. L. WATSON, 

Adjutant-General of the Array. 

To Lieut.-Col. Hon. J. Finch and Major Battine, 

Prise-Agents. 


Extract of a General Letter from the Hon. the Court of Directors in the Military 
Department, under date the 7th May, 1828. 

Para. 31 .—“ In our Letter in this Department, dated 9th April, we have 
directed the immediate Distribution of the Bhurtpore Booty. 

32. —“ At the expiration of four months from the date of the commencement of 
the Distribution, you will cause a Return to be made of the European Officers and 
Men who are entitled to share in it, and who, from having died or left India 
before the Distribution commenced, have not yet received their shares. The 
Return will distinguish those belonging to H. M. Regiments from those belonging 
to the Company’s Army, and will specify the sum due to each in the currency in 
which the general Distribution has been made. 

33. —“ When the Return shall have been prepared and transmitted, no pay¬ 
ments must be made in India on account of the shares specified in it. 

* Brigadier-General Edwards, late Colonel in H. M. 14th Foot; Capt. Pitman, late H. M. 59th 
Regiment; Capt. Armstrong, late H. M. 54th, doing duty with H. M. 14th Regiment at the time of his 
death ; Capt. Brown, Hon. Company’s 31st Regiment N. Infantry. 



APPENDIX. 


147 


34 .—“ You will likewise transmit to us a complete Copy of the Rolls for the 
European part of the Force, shewing - how the different shares have been paid.” 

Difficulties having - occurred in carrying - the orders of the Court into effect, by 
paying - the Prize throug-h the Prize Committee, the Governor-General in Council 
has resolved to accept the services of Lieut.-Col. the Hon. J. Finch, C. B., and 
Major W. Battine (Prize-Agents appointed by the Army), for the distribution under 
the restrictions of the Act of Parliament 54 Geo. Ill, cap. 86, as proposed by 
themselves. 

The Paymaster at the Presidency will be furnished with funds to meet the 
demands of the Prize-Agents in Calcutta, or, on their application, will supply bills 
on any District Paymaster that may be required, keeping a separate account against 
them, to be settled as hereafter directed. The Prize-Agents will give notice in 
the Government Gazette, of the day on which they will be prepared to commence 
payments, publishing at the same time a detail of all forms of receipts which they 
may require for their own security; and his Lordship in Council directs, that the 
strictest attention be paid to all details so published. 

The Prize-Agents will deduct, as a first claim upon the Shares of Officers, any 
sums which may be due by them to the fund on account of purchases of captured 
property. 

It is to be observed, that the shares of all Deserters are forfeited, either to 
Chelsea Hospital, or Lord Clive’s Fund, according to the service to which the 
Deserter may have belonged. 

The Governor-General in Council is pleased to dispense, on this occasion, with 
the use of stamps for all receipts and drafts. 

His Lordship in Council further directs, that at the conclusion of four months 
from the day of commencing payment, the Prize-Agents will stop all further 
payments, and within one month from that period they will furnish to the Secretary 
to Government in the Military Department, a detailed account of the sums paid, 
with proper vouchers, and a nominal list of all Officers and Men who are entitled 
to share, but who may not have been paid; the Presidency Paymaster, at the same 
time> furnishing a certificate of the sums which may have been paid to the order of 
the Prize-Agents. 

The Accountant to the Military Department is directed to adopt immediate 
measures for the payment of twenty lacs of rupees by the Paymaster of the 
Presidency, and also for the payment of the remainder by him, and the several 
Deputy Paymasters of Stations, according to detailed statements, which will be 
furnished to him by the Prize-Agents. All demands to be made payable at ten 
days’ sight. 



148 


APPENBIX. 


Amount of Captured Property for Distribution. 

Calcutta Sicca Rupees, forty-eight lacs, eleven thousand and 
annas, and five pies. 


Scale of Distribution. 

The Commander-in-Chief (one-eighth of the whole) . 

Major and Brigadier-Generals (7) ... 

Lieutenant-Colonels, Inspector of Hospitals, Adjutant-General, 
Quarter-Master-General, Judge-Advocate General, Commissary- 
General, Brigadiers and Lieutenant-Colonels Commandant (37) 
Majors, Superintending Surgeons, Deputy Adjutant Quarter- 

Master and Commissary-General (32) . 

Captains, Surgeons, Paymasters, Assistants and Deputy Assistants 
in the Adjutant, Quarter-Master, and Commissary-Generals’ 
Departments, Brigade-Majors, Aides-de-Camp and Surgeon to 

the Commander-in-Chief (188) . 

Subalterns, Assistant Surgeons, Quarter-Masters, Adjutants, Ve¬ 
terinary Surgeons, and Deputy Assistant Commissary of Ord¬ 
nance (367) ... 

Volunteers (4) .*. 

Conductors, Provost-Marshal, Riding-Masters, Apothecaries, 

Stewards, and Sub-Assistant Veterinary Surgeons (44). 

Sub-Conductors, Assistant Apothecaries and Stewards (12) .... 
Regimental Serjeant-Majors, Quarter-Master Serjeants, Staff Ser¬ 
jeants, and Troop Serjeant-Majors (156) ... 

Brigade and Colour Serjeants, Trumpet and Drum-Majors, and 

Serjeants (260).. 

Corporals, Bombardiers, Drummers, Privates, and Hospital Ap¬ 
prentices (4060 ) ... 

Soobadar Majors (24) . 

Soobadars, Russuldars, and Woordee Majors (221) . 

Jemadars, Naib Russuldars (269) . 

Havildars, Drum and Trumpet Majors, Native Doctors (1371) .. 
Naicks, Nishaun Burdars, Khote Duffadars, Duffadars, Drummers, 
and Sepoys, Native Farriers, and Regular Bheesties (25,332) 


thirty-five, ten 


Sa. Rs. A. P. 
5,95,398 13 10 
59,546 14 0 


14,291 4 0 

9,527 8 0 


4,763 12 0 


2,381 14 0 

40 5 0 

604 11 0 

120 15 0 

120 15 0 

80 10 0 

' 40 5 0 

322 8 0 

282 3 0 

120 15 0 
53 12 0 

26 14 0 


Agreeably to the wishes of the Officers of the Army, sanctioned by the Hon. 
Court of Directors, Soonat Rupees 50,000, or Calcutta Sicca Rupees 47,844:13:2, is 
















APPENDIX. 


149 


to be deducted from the Officers’ shares, to be paid to the Widows of those who 
fell in action; and £500 sterling-, or Sicca Rupees 5000, from the Officers, exclusive 
of the Commander-in-Chief, for mounting two Brass Field-pieces selected for his 
Lordship. 


Proof of the Calculation. 

To be paid to the Army, as per above detail .. Sicca Rupees 47,04,456 15 10 


Widows’ portion . 47,844 13 2 

For mounting Guns . 5000 0 0 

Reserved for future Claims, or 2nd Dividend. 53,733 13 5 

Total Calcutta Sicca Rupees . 48,11,035 10 5 


Bhurtpore Prise-Agents' Office, Calcutta, 
Feb. 17, 1829. 

With reference to the General Order of the Governor-General in Council of 
the 16th instant, Notice is hereby given, That the Distribution, on account of 
Bhurtpore Prize, will commence on Thursday next, the 19th instant, at No. 1, 
Park-street, Chowringhee ; and must, according to the same Orders, cease on 
Friday the 19th day of June next, when all shares then remaining unclaimed will 
be paid over to Government; those for the European part of the Army to be 
remitted to England, and those for the Native part of the Army to be retained in 
India, subject to be claimed hereafter for six years. 

All Bills drawn by European Officers, Commissioned and Warrant, are to be 
made out agreeably to the Form No. 1, and will be paid by the Agents, either in a 
Bill at ten days’ sight on the Paymaster at the Presidency, or such District Pay¬ 
master as may be wished, for which receipts will be required according to the 
Form No. 2. 

All persons drawing for the Share of an Officer under a special Power of 
Attorney, or as Administrator of a deceased person, must annex to the Bill their 
Power or authority; and should they be desirous of having the original returned to 
them, a copy of the said Power must also be sent. 

Officers commanding Corps will be supplied with an order on the nearest Pay¬ 
master, for the amount of Shares due to Native Officers and the Non-commissioned 
Officers, Privates, and Establishments who are actually present with the Corps in 
which they served at the Capture, according to the Returns lately forwarded, the 
amount of which Bills will be debited against such Officer until the acquittance 
rolls, which will be forwarded in blank, shall be returned, duly filled up. 













150 


APPENDIX. 


All Soldiers discharged, or removed to other Corps, and all persons claiming* 
for Deceased Soldiers, will appear before a Station Committee, as directed in 
General Orders; and the Committee will forward to us Reports on the several 
Claims brought before them, agreeably to the prescribed forms. On our being 
satisfied of the validity of the Claim, we will remit a Bill for the payment, in the 
manner most convenient to the parties. 

With respect to the Shares of Non-commissioned Officers and Soldiers of His 
Majesty’s Forces, the Act of 58 Geo. III. cap. 73, directs that the Distributing 
Agents shall not pay the Share of any Non-commissioned Officer or Soldier to any 
person or persons whatsoever, other than the Non-commissioned Officer or Soldier 
entitled to the same, or to the next of Kin, or Executor or Administrator of such 
Non-commissioned Officer or Soldier, or the Agent of some Regiment or Corps of 
His Majesty’s Army, duly authorized by the party entitled thereto to receive the 
same. 

J. FINCH, 

W. BATTINE, 

Agents entrusted to Distribute. 


151 


SIEGE OF BHURTPORE 

BY LORD LAKE. 


[The Siege of Bliurtpore in 1805, having been necessarily mentioned in the Introduction to the present 
Work, the Compiler, after due consideration, thinks himself justified in appending the following 
abridged Account of that Siege ; and the rather, as the Memoir by Major Thorn (the best record of 
general information respecting the Indian War of 1803—1806) does not contain a journalized 
detail. It may be farther urged, that the unfortunate failure of Lord Lake, though more than 
twenty years anterior, acquires much additional interest by the Achievement of Lord Comber.mere. 
Both events become the subjects of History; and beside their almost inseparable connexion from 
local identity, are rendered remarkable by their very opposite results.] 


It has been already stated, that in October 1803, a Treaty of Peace was 
concluded between the British Government and Runjeet Singh. Very soon after, 
on the invasion of our Territories by Holkar, the Rajah's conduct gave rise to sus^ 
picion ;—in July of the following year (1804), the confederacy of these Chiefs was 
rendered palpable by the detection of their correspondence ;—and at the Battle of 
Deeg, between Lord Lake and Holkar, in the month of November following, 
Runjeet commenced hostilities with a treachery not surpassed in the history of 
nations.—The British Army had advanced on the glacis of the Fort of Deeg, in 
pursuit of the Enemy, whom it had driven under its walls: when in this situation, 
a destructive fire of cannon and musketry was opened on it by the Garrison, which 
consisted entirely of the Troops of Bhurtpore. This had the effect not only of pre¬ 
venting the total destruction of the Enemy, but enabled them to convey off the 
field many pieces of their artillery, which must otherwise have fallen into our 
possession. Great part of Holkar’s force having taken refuge in the Town and 
Fort, and raised entrenchments under its walls, nothing remained for Lord Lake 
but to attempt its reduction. The Assault took place on the 23rd December, and 
on Christmas-Day our Army obtained possession of Deeg. 

The intimate connexion, however, which subsisted between the Rajah of 
Bhurtpore and Holkar was not to be dissolved. The latter was supported by the 
resources of the former; and though pursued from place to place, could not be 
expelled from his dominions. The Mahratta Infantry found an asylum at Bhurt¬ 
pore ; and the Cavalry, by extreme vigilance and an early flight, could on every 
occasion, in a great degree, elude our attacks, whilst they derived whatever 
supplies they found necessary from the Town of Bhurtpore. 







152 


APPENDIX. 


These considerations evinced the necessity of adopting a plan of operations, 
which had for its object the reduction of both Powers at the same period. Bhurt- 
pore was the great depot of the supplies and resources both of the Rajah and of 
Holkar; and the fall of that Fortress, by depriving them of the means of resistance, 
promised to involve them in common ruin. Lord Lake therefore resolved to under¬ 
take the Siege of Bhurtpore, as a measure likely to lead to decisive success. 

Joined on his route by the 75th Regiment, now a very necessary reinforcement 
to his Army, Lord Lake arrived before Bhurtpore on the 3rd of January, 1805, and 
took up the position which appeared most proper to be occupied during the Siege. 
The whole force of the Rajah of Bhurtpore was collected within the Town and 
Fort. The Infantry of Jeswunt Rao Holkar had taken up a position, and entrenched 
themselves under the walls, and all the inhabitants of the surrounding country, 
capable in any way of assisting in its defence, were thrown into the place. Eighty 
thousand men are stated, by the natives, to have been assembled on this occasion; 
and though there may be exaggeration in the statement, yet the numbers present 
were certainly very great. The indefatigable exertions of such a multitude, created 
the most serious obstacles to his Lordship’s operations. Measures were speedily 
executed to retard his progress, and the effects of his cannon were almost immedi¬ 
ately repaired. This perhaps consituted the principal source of that resistance, 
which in the progress of the Siege was found so formidable. The Town and Fort 
were very amply supplied with all kinds of provisions and military stores. Bhurt¬ 
pore had long been the mart of these for the different countries of Hindostan, and 
they had been accumulated by the Rajah for the present exigency. The great 
extent of the place too, and smallness of Lord Lake’s force, having compelled him 
to confine his operations to a particular point, the besieged had at all times a power 
of deriving supplies from the surrounding country, of which they would have been 
deprived, could the place have been completely invested. 

[The foregoing particulars are taken nearly verbatim from the Correspondence between Lord Lake and 
the Governor-General, and are adopted in preference to any statement of our own, as introductory 
to the following Extracts from a Journal of the Siege, kept with sufficient accuracy, but with no 
very partial leaning to the Commander-in-Chief.] 


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JOURNAL. 

The Army took up its position on the 3rd Jan. On the following- day, a 
grove considerably in advance of our Camp was occupied, to facilitate the opening 
of the Trenches. On the 5th, a Breaching Battery for six 18-pounders was erected; 
and by noon of the 7th, another Battery, of four 8-inch and four 5§-inch mortars, 
being completed, the two commenced throwing shells into the Town with great 
execution. The cannonade continued on both sides, with little interruption, till 
the afternoon of the 9th, when the Breach in the Town-wall being reported prac¬ 
ticable, it was resolved to make the Attack the same evening. 


FIRST STORM. 

The Storming Party moved off about seven o’clock, in three Columns. 
Lieut.-Col. Ryan, with 150 of the Company’s Europeans, and a Battalion of 
Sepoys, had orders to attempt a gateway on the left of our Battery; while 
Major Hawkes, with two Companies of the 75th Regiment and a Battalion of 
Sepoys, were to carry the advanced guns of the Enemy on its right. Both Columns 
were to make their way, if practicable, into the Town with the fugitives; but 
should that prove impossible, they were ordered to turn and support the centre 
Column in endeavouring to get in at the Breach. The centre Column, commanded 
by Lieut.-Col. Maitland, amounted to about 500 men, with a Battalion of Sepoys. 
Precisely at eight o’clock, the three Columns marched out of the Trenches, when 
a tremendous fire of cannon and small arms commenced, which did not cease till 
near midnight. Col. Maitland had orders to take the Enemy by surprize ; but in 
this he unluckily failed, owing to an inadvertent disarrangement of the Columns in 
diverging outwards on their arrival at the Ditch. The great irregularity of the 
ground, being much broken with swamps and pools, not only occasioned delay in 
the advance of the Troops, but obliged the men to open out, and in consequence, 
many lost their way; some following the left Column, and some the right. By 
this time all was confusion. The Enemy received the Storming Party with a heavy 
fire of musketry and grape from three guns in the flank, or neck of the circular 
Bastion next to the Breach. Some of our men, headed by their Officers, never¬ 
theless got across the Ditch to the Breach, and ascended within a few feet to the 
top. One man had his boot pulled off by the Enemy on the opposite side of the 
Stockade. About 150 men went across the cut; a few of them halted about one- 
third up the Breach, and others stood ranged on the small spot of ground at the 
bottom of the Rampart, immediately to the left of it. Col. Maitland, while gal- 


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lantly exerting himself to get his men forward, received a mortal wound. The 
greater part of the Troops either stopped, or went back to the Battery, as soon as 
they got to the water. The few bold fellows who reached the Breach, seeing 
themselves unsupported, unable to retain their ground against an Enemy now 
become doubly resolute, and finding it impracticable to reach the Enemy’s guns on 
the Bastions to their right and left, descended, and at last followed the others to 
the Trenches. Three hundred fascines were on this occasion entrusted to as many 
Bildars, to assist in filling up the ditch, the whole under a Serjeant of Artillery; 
but on the Enemy firing, every Bildar naturally fled ; and when the fascines were 
wanted, not one was to be found. 

The right Column of Attack marched towards the Aine Gate—spiked three of 
the Enemy’s guns outside the Town—drove them off their post on our right, and 
returned to support the centre. 

The left Column, by keeping too much to the left, came upon the inundation. 
This Column, however, caused the Enemy to abandon his post upon our left; but 
finding the Gateway of the Town cut off by a ditch, they returned to the Trenches. 

The Troops suffered most on this occasion in their retreat, from the destructive 
fire of the Enemy’s guns and musketry, to which they were completely exposed— 
5 Officers and 64 men were killed, and 23 Officers and 364 men wounded. The dis¬ 
asters attending this Assault, were the natural consequences of the extreme want 
of means. The Ordnance equipment of the Siege was on a disgracefully limited 
scale. o , , • 

The whole of the Cavalry and Horsp-Artillery were drawn out from dark till 
daylight, on the right of Camp “ en potence,” with the front of the line to defend 
it from any attack of Holkar’s Cavalry, and to hold in check those Troops of the 
Enemy who might otherwise have assailed the Storming Parties and Trenches. 

Jan. 10th.—The Enemy now in open day, and in the face of the Batteries, 
repair the Breach!—12th. Since the night of the 9th, the supply of materials has 
not enabled the Besiegers to do more than repair their old works.—13th. A party 
of about 700 Horse came over from Holkar’s Army, and were taken into pay. 
Materials still wanting to carry on new operations.—-14th. An attempted recon- 
noissance frustrated. A new Battery commenced.—15th. Green forage become 
exceedingly scarce, and dry forage not procurable within many miles of Camp.— 
16th. Battered down a considerable portion of the Rampart of the Curtain to our 
right; but there appears to be nothing at bottom to give a foundation or base for 
the slope of a Breach. All the earth from the Breach seems to fall into the Ditch, 
which the Enemy appears to have deepened close under the Rampart.—17th. This 
morning, notwithstanding last night’s firing, the Breach was found stockaded as 
usual.—18th. The Breach again found stockaded. Three Battalions, in all about 


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1200 men, with six field-pieces, joined the Army this day, under Major-Gen. 
Smith.—20th. Breach again stockaded. We are not a foot nearer to the Fort 
than we were on the 5th; our nearest Trench 700 yards from the Enemy’s works. 
—Night between 20th and 21st. The whole of the 241b. shot being- expended, 
the two 24-pounder g-uns were taken out of the Battery, and their places supplied 
by two 5|-inch howitzers. Two small Batteries were this nig-ht erected, each for 
two 6-pounder field-pieces. The Breach to be stormed to-morrow. The Cavalry 
employed in watching the confederate Armies of Holkar and Meer Khan, the latter 
having joined with 10 or 15,000 men a few days since. 


SECOND STORM. 

Jan . 21st.—The first object which greeted the sight of the Storming Party 
at day-break, was the Breach again stockaded. The Batteries were employed 
from day-break till a little before three p. m. in removing the Stockade, and 
endeavouring to clear the Breach, which was at that time reported practicable. 
The left Column, commanded by Col. M'Rae, moved out at this hour from a 
cut made in the left trench of communication, and proceeded towards the Breach. 
The Column halted at the dry tank, about 500 yards in front of the Battery, near 
which the four field-pieces were drawn up, and opened upon the Ramparts to 
the left of the Breach, while Col. M'Rae, the Engineers, Pioneers, the Ladders, 
and the Bridges, accompanied by some Officers and part of the Storming Party, 
went on to the edge of the Ditch, which was found full of water, and dammed up 
as on the former occasion; they were soon followed by several other Officers 
and men. 

The bridge (twenty-eight feet long), when launched into the water, was 
found to be too short by about one-third: the computed breadth of the ditch being 
about forty feet, and more than eight feet deep. One of the scaling ladders was 
now thrown on the bridge, in order to lengthen it; but in the hurry, the ladder 
got entangled in the bridge, and instead of connecting it with the escarp, fell over 
on one side, and overset the bridge, from which it could not be disengaged. No 
attempt, therefore, was made to pass the Storming Party over the Ditch. Lieut. 
Morris, and several men who swam over with him, ascended the Breach; the 
former got on the Rampart, and there received a severe wound in his leg; and 
while swimming across the ditch to return, when the attempt to storm was aban¬ 
doned, he received another wound in the neck. As the Ditch was not passable, and 
Col. M'Rae found it impossible to convey such a number of men across as was 
requisite for the service, a retreat was ordered, and effected in the greatest con¬ 
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behind, as also the bridge and scaling ladders. The right Column had by this 
time moved round by the Jungle, in their advance to get in by the Aine Gate, and 
emerged from the woods on the right of our Works, just as the left Column was 
retiring. This caused the left Column to rally, and again to attempt the Assault. 
In the meantime, Col. Simpson, with the right Column, marched up to the Aine 
Gate, but finding an entrance impracticable, he joined the left Column, and 
retreated in the most perfect order. The number of the Enemy’s guns bearing on 
the front and flank of the Storming Party during this attack, was calculated to be 
about 35. When the Enemy perceived that our Troops had got back into the- 
Trenches, they came down the Breach in multitudes, took possession of the bridge 
and scaling ladders, and carried them up in triumph. They also spread over the 
space between the Battery and the Breach, and in the face of the Troops in the 
Batteries and Trenches, cut up all the wounded they could find, and stripped the 
bodies of the dead. 

During the whole of the time occupied in the Advance, delay at the Breach, 
and in the Retreat, the Enemy kept up a heavy fire of grape, round shot, and 
matchlocks, with considerable effect, as appears by our Return of 18 Officers and 
569 Men killed and wounded. Having prevented the confederate force of Holkar 
and Meer Khan from interrupting the Attack, and killed about fifty men by can¬ 
nonade, the Cavalry were withdrawn into Camp by sun-set, followed close up by 
the Enemy, who were only kept off by the six Horse-Artillery Guns in rear of the 
Column. 

Jan. 22nd,—The Enemy busily engaged in filling up the Breach. A Regiment 
of Cavalry and Battalion of Infantry despatched for the protection of a convoy of 
provision on its way from Deeg to Camp.—23rd. The Enemy has completed the 
repairs of the Breach. Agreed to erect a new Breaching Battery; also a Battery 
for two 12-pounder field-pieces. The Detachment under Capt. Welsh, which 
marched yesterday, joined the Deeg and Muttra convoy, (consisting of 12,000 
bullock-loads of grain), last night; it was encamped about 22 miles off, and moved 
towards the Army early this morning. Holkar had sent Meer Khan against it 
with his whole Army of Horse and Foot, and four guns. With this force, 
amounting to 8000 men, Meer Khan lay in wait, and at break of day, fell in with 
the Detachment about six miles from Camp. The Cavalry being only 400 strong, 
could not protect 12,000 bullocks when marching; and under these circumstances, 
the Detachment took post in a large village of lofty scite, where, beset on all sides, 
they defended their charge, beating off the assailants repeatedly, till two of their 
guns were totally disabled. The Enemy’s Horse and Foot then making a desperate 
push, possessed themselves of half the village. The firing had been heard early, 
and at eight o’clock Lieut.-Col. Need, with half of the 2nd Brigade of Cavalry, 




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hastened in that direction, General Lake, with the rest of the Cavalry and Horse- 
Artillery, following - immediately to support. The Sepoys of the Detachment 
perceiving the clouds of dust that marked the advance of Lieut.-Col. Need’s Column, 
raised loud shouts of exultation at the approach (as they fancied) of General Lake, 
and under this impression, -were so animated as to sally forth upon the Enemy’s 
guns, which they carried at the point of the bayonet, just as the Cavalry arrived, 
who, dashing in, covered the ground with killed and wounded before the rest of 
the Troops, with the Commander-in-Chief, came up. Of the Enemy, 600 were slain, 
the rest fled, leaving behind near forty stands of colours, with four guns and their 
tumbrils. During the contest, a great number of bullocks laden with grain, from 
the want of conductors, went astray, and many falling in the way of the Enemy’s 
Horse, were goaded by their lances; some to Bhurtpore, and others towards Komeer: 
out of 12,000, only 1800 bullocks arrived in Camp. The principal loss of the 
British in this affair, amounted to 8 Sepoys killed, and 2 Officers and 36 Men wounded. 
—Night between 23rd and 24th. Began a Battery for two 12-pounder field-pieces, 
considerably in front of the left post, and within 400 yards of the Ditch.—24th. In 
consequence of better information, it is thought advisable to relinquish the intended 
Attack on the Aine Gate. This day Lieut.-Col. Don, with two Regiments of 
Cavalry, and three Battalions of Infantry, proceeded to Agra, for a supply of grain 
and Siege Ammunition, all former supplies being nearly exhausted. This movement 
served also as an escort for the sick and wounded. There is very little grain in 
Camp, only a pound of attah (flour), and two chittacks of daul (split peas or vetches), 
are allowed each man. It is supposed that the grain now in Camp will not last 
till the convoy returns, which will be seven days hence.— 25th. The two-gun 
Battery was finished this night. The Quarter-Masters’ establishments making 
fascines.—26th, 27 th, 28th. Making fascines.—29th. The General having received 
accounts that great numbers of the Enemy’s Troops had marched, with an intention 
of cutting off the supplies expected from Agra, moved this morning with the Cavalry, 
&c. remaining in Camp, to reinforce Col. Don, and joined him in the afternoon at 
Ore, about 16 miles off. The convoy consisted of 50,000 bullock-loads of grain, 
800 heavy carriages laden with ammunition, 8000 rounds of 18-pounder shot, and 
six lacs of rupees. The Rajah of Bhurtpore with his auxiliaries, Holkar, Meer 
Khan, and Bapoojee Scindea, united their whole strength on this occasion to cut 
off the convoy ; but the Commander-in-Chief so interposed himself between them 
and their intended prey, as to prevent their making any impression.—30th. The 
convoy and Troops marched this morning at day-light in one solid rectangular 
mass, the Troops formed on all sides, and Horse-Artillery, and galloper guns on 
the flanks and rear, exposed to incessant petty attacks from the Enemy’s Horse. 
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freed one of his flanks from molestation; and the Enemy on the right, flank, front, 
and rear, fearful of being intercepted where the lake plight have cut off their ready 
retreat to Bhurtpore, gradually drew off, and the convoy made the best of its way 
to Camp. The Enemy suffered pretty severely from our grape-shot and skirmishers. 
Nothing could have been better planned, or more steadily and coolly executed, 
than the protection of the convoy on this occasion.— Jan. 31st to Feb. 4th. Firing 
between the Batteries and Town.— Night between 4th and 5th Feb. A Parallel 
commenced, the right of which lay opposite the Neemdar Gate.—5th. Proceeded 
to finish the Parallel.—6th. The Army changed ground this morning. Having 
been in the old Camp more than a month, the movement was a measure beneficial 
to health, while it was convenient to the carrying on of the Attack now determined 
to be made on a new front of the Fort.— Night between the 6th and 7th employed 
in carrying on and finishing the new Parallel. Commenced a Battery to the right 
of the new Trenches, for two 12-pounders and two howitzer field-pieces, to check 
the guns in the Enemy’s outposts.— Night between 7th and 8th. Commenced a new 
Breaching Battery to the left and front of the new Parallel, for four 18 and two 
24-pounders. Finished the Field-piece Battery began last night, and armed it 
before morning.—8th. A Detachment, under the command of Gen. Smith, con¬ 
sisting of the Horse-Artillery and six Regiments of Cavalry, in all about 1800 
effective men, marched this day in pursuit of Meer Khan, who yesterday decamped 
towards Muttra, and crossed the Jumna with his whole Army of Horse. A con¬ 
tention between the confederate Chiefs, it is said, determined Meer Khan to 
separate himself from the rest, for the purpose of plundering the British possession 
in Rhohilcund, his native district. A Foraging Party was also sent out to-day; so 
that the Camp was now left with only two weak Regiments of Cavalry.— Night 
between 8th and 9th. Working at the new Breaching Battery.— Night between 9th 
and 10th. Finished new Breaching Battery, and armed it with four 18 and two 
24-pounders. Erected a Battery for four 5^-inch mortars, to the left of the new 
Breaching Battery. And a Trench of Approach, from the left of the new Breaching 
Battery, towards the new Mortar Battery, commenced upon.— 10th. The new 
Breaching Battery opened on the Curtains which it was intended to breach; as 
also the four 5|-inch mortars, being answered from the Towers.—11th. Batteries 
and Town, as yesterday. This day Major-Gen. Jones, with a Detachment of the 
Bombay Army, in all about 700 European and 2400 Native Infantry and Cavalry, 
joined the Army.— Night between 11th and 12th. A Trench of Approach was com¬ 
menced this night, directed towards Tower No. 3, to enable the Storming Party to 
get pretty near to the Ditch, under cover from the Enemy’s fire.—12th. At day¬ 
break it was discovered that the Enemy had raised a thick mud wall in rear of the 
new Breach.— Night between 12th and 13th. Trench of Approach carried on and 


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deepened.—13th. The Enemy has completely stockaded the Breach. For want 
of means to prevent this obvious and easy mode of defence, the first Breach was 
thrice stockaded, the second five times, and the third was now stockaded for the 
second time.— Night between 13th and 14th. Batteries for one 10-inch and three 
8-inch mortars were erected this night: that for the 8-inch mortars close to the 
left of the new Breaching Battery, but on the opposite side of the Trench; that for 
the 10-inch mortar on the right of the new Breaching Battery.—14th. In the 
morning it was discovered that the Enemy had again stockaded the Breach, as well 
as repaired the embrasures of the Towers adjoining it. Opened the new Mortar 
Batteries on the right and left of the new Breaching Battery.— Night between 14th 
and 15th. Pushed on the Trench of Approach, and in it began a Sand-bag Battery 
for two 12-pounder field-pieces.—15th. Operations on both sides as yesterday.— 
Night between 15th and 16th. Trench of Approach carried sixty yards directly 
forward from the left of the new Sand-bag Battery, towards the Ditch of the 
Curtain between Towers No. 3 and 4. The 12-pounders’ Sand-bag Battery finished 
this night.—16th. Our Batteries kept beating down the Stockade. This day many 
of our Cavalry grass-cutters, with ten out of thirty troopers escorting them, w r ere 
killed and wounded by the Enemy.— Night between 16th and 17th. Approach 
carried on, and in some parts deepened from 10 to 12 feet.—17th. Firing on both 
sides continued as before.^— Night between 17th and 18th. Gallery of a Mine com¬ 
menced upon in the Trench of Approach.—18th. Firing on both sides as yesterday. 
■—Night between 18th and 19th. Began a Sand-bag Battery about seventy yards 
from Tower No. 3, to afford shelter for two 6-pounder field-pieces, which were 
intended to be placed in it, whenever the Storm should be ordered, to silence the 
guns in the gorge of Tower No. 4. Trench of Approach carried on twenty yards, 
and a small Parallel commenced at the end of it.—19th. Early this morning the 
unfinished Sand-bag Battery was assaulted by the Enemy, who, accompanied by 
coolies and women, emptied the sand-bags, and carried a great part of them away 
into the Town, thereby destroying the Battery.— Night between 19th and 20th. 
Working at the Trench of Approach towards Tower No. 3, and the Parallel at the 
end of,At. The General having now determined to storm the Breach as soon as the 
Batteries had sufficiently cleared the Stockade, the following arrangements were 

raa de:_Three Columns were ordered for the Attack; the left Column, commanded 

by Lieut.-Col. Don, to assault the Breach; the second Column, under Capt. Grant 
of the Bombay Division, to carry the Enemy’s Outposts, Entrenchments, and Guns, 
on the right and front of our new Parallel, and to endeavour to enter the Town 
along with the fugitives; while the right Column, commanded by Lieut.-Col. 
Taylor, second in command of the Bombay Troops, was to attack and blow open 
the Beein Narrain Gate, or make an entrance by escalading the wall at that point. 












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THIRD STORM. 

Feb. 20th.—About daylight the Europeans of the principal or left Column 
arrived at the Trenches, being ordered to occupy the dry tank to the left of the 
new Breaching Battery, where they were to remain sheltered by the bank, until 
ordered for the Assault, when they were to occupy the left approach, and sally 
out from the little Parallel at the end of it, next to Tower No. 3, and thence move 
to the Breach. This party had only just reached their destination, when the whole 
of our Trenches were attacked by the Enemy; those at the old Batteries but faintly. 
The attack was supposed to have been occasioned by the Enemy seeing some of 
our scaling ladders in the Trenches; it was supported by those who, in the early 
part of the morning, had previously taken possession of our small advanced Parallel. 
Running along the top of the approach with pikes, spears, and swords, the Enemy 
jumped Into our Trenches, and killed and wounded several. The Enemy advanced, 
fighting desperately, and drove the Europeans back three different times, till met 
by the gallant flankers of H. M. 22nd, who stopped their progress and repulsed 
them. The Trench being very deep and narrow, unprovided with banquette steps 
to enable our men to level over, or to ascend it, our Troops were not able to close 
with the Enemy, and, unable to use either their bayonets or muskets with effect, 
they fought under great disadvantage. The Approach to the left of the new 
Breaching Battery nearest Tower No. 3, was carried by the Enemy sword in hand, 
and they kept possession of the small Parallel at the end of it, and of the unfinished 
Mine Gallery, the greater part of the day. 

The three Battalions of Native Infantry belonging to the left Column, destined 
for the Assault of the Breach, moved into the Trenches at three p. m. At four, the 
centre Column being already engaged in attacking the Enemy’s outposts outside 
the Town, and this being the signal for the Storming Party to advance, the left 
Column was ordered to move out of the Trenches. The Europeans forming the 
head of the Column were ordered to sally forth from the little Parallel at the end 
of the left approach, and the Native Infantry were ordered to follow them from 
that point to the Breach. It was intended that fifty men carrying fascines should 
precede the Europeans, and throwing the fascines into the Ditch, should wheel 
outwards, and spread themselves on the glacis, to keep up a fire of musketry on 
the Breach, while the rest of the party proceeded to the Assault. But owing to 
the imperfect construction of the Parallel—to the enfilading fire kept up upon the 
Approach—to an idea which the men readily caught, that the Enemy, during the 
considerable time they had been in possession of the extremity of the Trench in the 
morning, might have established a Mine of their own in our unfinished Gallery— 


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to the gloom spread by the distracted conduct and the dismal and discouraging 
groans of the wounded and dying, who, after the Sally in the morning, had been 
left, some wandering about the Trenches, others lying exposed to the Enemy’s fire 
—the Europeans in front would not move out; while the Native Troops in their 
rear, owing to the narrowness of the Trench, could not get on till they had 
passed. Some of the flankers of H. M. 22nd advanced to the most forward point 
of the Approach, which remained in our possession, but not being supported by the 
other European Corps, they retired. The two Battalions of the 12th N. Infantry 
were now ordered out, and, led on gallantly by Col. Don and their Officers, moved 
out from the right of the new Breaching Battery, and pushed on to the Ditch, 
accompanied by two 6-pounders under Lieut. Swiney, to fire grape at the Defences. 
Instead of proceeding to the Breach (cut off by deep water as before), the Column 
moved to the nearest damaged or rugged point, viz. the Tower Bastion, No. 4, 
and here descending into the Ditch, which was found to have little water in it, 
they scrambled up, assisting their steps by laying hold of the shrubs growing on 
the face of the Bastion. Having ascended as far as the slope of the Tower, and the 
assistance derived from the roots and wild bushes enabled them, most of the Column 
stopped; some however got even to the summit. The Colours of the 12th N. Infantry 
were placed near the summit, but sufficient numbers could not get up to maintain 
by united efforts a footing at the top. No order or entreaty could induce those 
who had not clambered the Tower, and others who stood in crowds below, to turn 
the foot of the Tower, or push on to the Breach in the Curtain. The party remained 
on the face of the Tower, opposed by the Enemy with spears, logs of wood, fire- 
pots, and other missiles, and after being exposed for nearly an hour and a half, they 
were ordered down, and all at once the whole ran back to the Battery. The 
Europeans kept close to the left of the Approach, until the Native Infantry mounted 
the Tower. Some then fancied the place taken, and moving out of the Trenches, 
about forty of them pushed after the Sepoys—one was blown away by a gun as he 
boldly entered the embrasure of the Tower, and another was cut to pieces in 
reaching the summit—those who escaped, returned at the same time with the Sepoys. 

The Enemy resisted principally by throwing earthen vessels full of powder, 
supplied with a quickmatch. They did not appear in great force at the Breach; 
the attack of the right Column had distracted their attention, and alarmed them. 

Soon after the Assault was made, a Mine was sprung by the Enemy in the 
Breach, and three others in the Counterscarp: but these did no harm. 

The centre Column, consisting of 200 men of H. M. 86th Foot, and one 
Battalion of Bengal N. Infantry, who had gone down to the Trenches in the 
forenoon, moved out shortly after three o’clock, as had been ordered, and carried 
the Entrenchments and Batteries on the high ground to the right of the new 


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Parallel. Pursuing the fugitives, this party pushed on to the Walls of the Town, 
and were nearly getting into the place, the Enemy being just able to close their 
gates on the foremost of the Column, which (not having any guns), was unable to 
open them by force. Eleven guns were captured in the Enemy’s outposts, of which 
possession was taken, and the Column here established themselves on the broad 
dry margin of the tank or pond covered by its bank. This post was called, from 
the Officer commanding this Column of Attack, “ Grant’s Post.” 

Lieut.-Col. Taylor’s Column, consisting of 300 men, were to have attacked the 
Beem Narrain Gate further to our right, but having lost their scaling ladders, and 
having had one of their 12-poun'ders dismounted by a shot from the Town, 
considering it impracticable to force the gateway, they retreated to Camp. 

On this occasion, 22 European and a like number of Native Officers, and 835 
rank and file were killed and wounded. All that human exertion and bravery could 
effect, was done, but, as before, in vain. The Enemy were as brave, and proved 
as resolute as the Assaulting Party; while, rendered confident by past experience, 
they used their commanding advantages with success. 

Night between 20th and 21st. It having been reported to the Commander-in- 
Chief, by some Officers in his confidence, that if Tower No. 4, got half a day’s 
battering, it might be easily stormed, all the embrasures of the new Breaching 
Battery were in the course of this night turned towards it.—21st. Impressed with 
deep concern at what had happened yesterday, the Commander-in-Chief appeared 
upon Parade this morning, and addressed the European Troops in terms of 
affectionate regret. He expressed his sorrow that, by not following their Officers, 
they had yesterday lost the laurels which had been gained on so many previous 
occasions ; that he was yet willing to give them an opportunity of retrieving their 
reputation, and calling on such as chose to volunteer, to step out—the Troops 
volunteered to a man; Lieut. Templeton offering to lead the forlorn hope. 
Accordingly, 200 men were selected for this purpose, to each of whom a reward of 
100 rupees was promised, if the Storm proved successful. In the morning the new 
Breaching Battery directed its fire, as had been ordered, upon Tower No. 4, as 
well as occasionally upon the Breach and flank of No. 3. The Breach did not appear 
to have been much repaired during the night. At two o’clock it was observed 
that the upper part of Tower No. 4, was still steep, and this was particularly 
reported by the Senior Officer of Artillery. But, as it was thought that by winding 
round the Tower to the point where its flank joined the neck (the slope of which 
had been made more easy than it originally had been, by the fire from the two 
12-pounders in the left Trench), the Troops might probably make their way up 
the flank of the Tower, while others pushed on to the Breach, the General 
determined to order a fourth Assault; which accordingly took place about four p. m. 


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FOURTH STORM. 

The Storming Party consisted of H. M. 65th, 76th, and 86th Regiments; the 
Flank Companies of H. M. 22nd; the 1st Battalion 2nd and 15th Regiments of 
N. Infantry, and the Bombay Grenadier Battalion; the whole headed by the 
European Troops, and commanded by Col. Monson. In passing the General, the 
party greeted him with cheers. They moved regularly and boldly to Tower No. 4, 
and attempted to ascend it; but this Bastion was (as reported) extremely steep. 
The gap which had been made in its lower extremities, sheltered those who could 
avail themselves of its protection; but there was no possibility of getting from 
thence to the summit in sufficient numbers. Several of the Soldiers drove their 
bayonets into the earthen Rampart, one above another, and endeavoured by these 
steps to reach the top; but they were knocked down by logs of wood, powder- 
pots, large shot, and various missiles from above: others attempted to get up by 
the shot-holes which the guns had here and there made; but as only two at the 
most could advance abreast in this way, those who ventured were soon killed; and 
when one man fell, he brought down with him all who were immediately beneath. 
All this time the Enemy on the Bastion kept up a sweeping and destructive fire. 
Lieut. Templeton was killed just as he had planted the Colours near the summit; 
and Major Menzies, who, on obtaining leave from the Commander-in-Chief, had 
flown to the field of action, was slain, after having actually gained the perilous 
eminence of the Breach. The Engineer Officer, Ensign Jones, placed two short 
ladders on the walls of the Tower, which reached to the top of it; but no one 
mounted them—the number of ladders being insufficient for any united attempt at 
escalade. During this struggle, several efforts were made to ascend the Curtain 
and other places, wherever the Soldiers could discern an opening that promised 
them a chance of success; the Enemy keeping up an incessant fire of grape, and 
the people on the walls continually throwing down ponderous pieces of timber, and 
flaming packs of cotton, previously dipped in oil, followed by pots filled with gun¬ 
powder and other combustibles, the explosion of which had a terrible effect. The 
struggle was carried on with the most determined resolution on both sides, and our 
Troops evinced throughout the conflict an astonishing degree of courage; but at 
length, intimidated by the fierce opposition of the Enemy, and concluding that 
further attempts were hopeless, after two hours’ arduous and unparalleled exertion, 
they relinquished the attempt, and returned to the Trenches. 

On the orders for retreat being given, the Storming Party ran down the face 
of the Tower to the Batteries; the Enemy firing furiously from fire-arms, and guns 
loaded with grape. The scaling-ladders, and many of the wounded, were left 
behind. 


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The British loss on this occasion amounted to 29 European and 23 Native 
Officers, and 933 rank and file, killed and wounded; making a loss of 96 Officers 
and 1768 men in two days. 

Note .—The numerous Casualties among the Commissioned Ranks, is tne strongest evidence of that 
gallant devotion to the Service of their Country, which was evinced by every individual Officer through¬ 
out all the operations of the Siege. 

22nd.—No firing from the Batteries, and little from the Enemy.— Night between 
22nd and 23rd. About midnight, all the Ordnance was withdrawn from the Bat¬ 
teries, and the Troops from the Trenches.—23rd. A Detachment of Infantry and 
Irregular Horse were this day sent to Muttra for grain. The Enemy burned the 
British Batteries. The Battering Train with the English Army was declared unfit 
for service; the vents of the iron guns had become so large, that a man’s four 
fingers could be put into most of them, and in loading the piece, instead of being 
covered with the thumb, the vent was stopped by bags of sand. Not one 18-pounder 
shot remained in store ; very little powder, and few other stores. Provisions were 
also scarce. The parties in the Batteries and Trenches were discontinued.— 
24th. The Army changed ground this morning, and was much harassed by the 
Enemy’s Horse, who took every advantage of the absence of the principal part of 
the Cavalry, detached under Gen. Smith on the 8th instant. The Army encamped 
6J miles from and north-east of Bhurtpore, covering in this position the road leading 
to the depots at Agra, Muttra, and Deeg.—25th. Two Battalions, with the few 
Cavalry remaining in Camp, were this day sent to reinforce the convoy which had 
been detached from Camp on the 23rd instant, now on its return from Muttra.— 
26th. The Muttra convoy, consisting of 7000 bullock-loads of grain, joined the 
Army this day. Recommenced making fascines; and so to the end of the month. 

[From this time the utmost exertion was made in every department for renewing operations. But not 
unnecessarily to lengthen this Abstract, we shall discontinue the Journal daily routine, noting only 
the principal events to the period of breaking up the besieging Army.] 

March. —Notwithstanding his successful defence, the Rajah early in this month 
shewed a desire to come to some accommodation. Apprehensive that the result of 
the contest would be the loss of his territory, he at last made direct overtures to 
Lord Lake; and on the 10th his A^akeels were received, and negotiations com¬ 
menced. 

Pending these arrangements, the Detachment of Cavalry under Gen. Smith 
arrived from the pursuit of Meer Khan, having followed him through all his 
doublings and windings over rivers of great magnitude, and to the mountains of 
Remaon, from whence he was forced back, discomfited, and abandoned by the 
hardiest of his followers. The party quitted Camp on the 9th Feb.; from which 


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date to the 23rd March, the day of returning - , it had accomplished a most harassing 
march of 700 miles. 

29th.—1 his day the Commander-in-Chief thought to have attacked Holkar in 
his Camp, which our Troops reached before day-light: but the Enemy had taken 
warning sufficiently in time to escape with his baggage. The Camp was set on 
fire; and 2 elephants, 100 horses, 50 camels, and some country carriages, were 
taken. 

April 2nd.—The Commander-in-Chief again beat up Holkar’s Quarters with 
the whole of the Cavalry, Horse-Artillery, and the reserve of the Army, near Fut- 
typoor Sickree. Holkar had assembled the greatest part of his Troops and baggage 
in a position about ten miles from our Camp, in that direction. The Detachment 
arrived in the neighbourhood of Holkar’s Camp before the dawn of day; but he 
had received intelligence of our approach, and had sent off a portion of his baggage. 
The Enemy were found posted round a high village, covered by cultivated fields, 
and surrounded by enclosures. It was still dark; but the fires of the Enemy enabled 
Lord Lake to make his disposition for the attack, without waiting for daylight. 
The Enemy’s Cavalry were drawn up ready to receive the attack; but on our 
moving down to them, they ran off. We charged for some miles, and killed about 
400: the advanced parties of the Cavalry went as far as Futtypoor Sickree. The 
Fort of Bhurtpore fired two shots at our Troops as they were returning to Camp. 
On this occasion the Troops made a complete circuit of the Town; the only thing 
of the kind attempted during the Siege. In the Jungle, in returning, the Column 
fell in with some hundreds of the Enemy’s Infantry, who were immediately charged 
by a Squadron of Light Dragoons; the greater part of them were cut to pieces, 
and the remainder threw down their arms, and were made prisoners. They proved 
to be a body of Meer Khan’s Infantry, which, having quitted that Chief, was pro¬ 
ceeding to offer its services to Runjeet Sing. 

Major Thorn says, “ The Enemy on this occasion lost several camels, with the 
whole of the bazaars; and numbers of his Troops, seeing the cause hopeless, went 
off in bodies, leaving Holkar to his fate. The condition of this vaunting depre¬ 
dator was indeed wretched enough ; and he who at the beginning of the Campaign 
threatened to annihilate the British Dominion in Hindoostan, was now literally 
destitute of an habitation and a refuge. His loss in this affair amounted to full 1000 
slain in the field. Abandoned by his associates, his Army ruined, his Artillery 
taken, and Chandore and Gaulnah, the Fortresses of his Family, in our hands, the 
boasting freebooter was driven to cross the Chumbul with a body of about 8000 
Horse, 4 or 5000 Infantry, and 20 or 30 guns ; the miserable remnants of a large 
and formidable Army.” 

5th.—The reserve, and one of the Bombay Battalions, under Col. Don, marched 
to reinforce a Detachment expected from Rampoorah, under the command of Col. 




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Holmes.—8th. The Army changed ground, marching round, and taking up its 
encampment nearly in the same place as before occupied, south-eastward of the 
Town:—a manoeuvre that seems to have had the effect of accelerating the con¬ 
clusion of the Treaty.—9th. Accounts arrived in Camp, of the success obtained on 
the 7th instant, at Ahmed Nugger, by Capt. Royal, over 3000 of the remaining 
Infantry of Holkar, commanded by Koosial Rao, who was completely defeated, 
with the loss of three pieces of cannon, which were all that his principal Chief 
possessed out of the numerous train by him originally brought into the field. Capt. 
Royal marched from Agra on the 26th March, with the 1st Battalion of the 25th 
N. Infantry, six Companies of the 24th Regiment, a Battalion of Irregulars, and 
Pohlman’s Horse. On the 31st, between Baree and Dholpore, he fell in with 
Bapojee’s Cavalry, whom he drove off; and on the morning of the 7th instant, 
attacked the Enemy, who were strongly posted under the fortified Town of Ahmed 
Nugger, having their flanks protected by deep ravines. Capt. Royal instantly made 
his dispositions for the attack; and his party rushing in with charged bayonets, 
drove the Enemy from their guns: after which. Col. Pohlman, with the Agra 
Horse, pursued the fugitives for five coss, and cut up a considerable number of 
them. Three guns and six tumbrils fell into our hands, together with the baggage. 
Our loss was 50 killed and wounded.—10th. The reserve which left Camp on the 
5th, joined this evening, with Col. Holmes’ Detachment of two Battalions of 
N. Infantry. Preliminaries of a Treaty signed.—11th. The Rajah’s third Son, 
Prettee Sing, came into Camp this evening as an Hostage, bringing with him the 
Keys of the Fort; and a Treaty was concluded, after a Siege of 100 days, in the 
course of which the Army lost the services of more than 100 Officers and 3000 Men. 

[We have purposely avoided the editorial observations with which the Journal is interlarded; but of the 
facts and remarks appended to it, we subjoin a few, as more immediately applicable to our design.] 

In concluding, we only perform an act of justice, in calling the attention of the 
reader to the laborious and fatiguing duties which,/roro the paucity of Troops, fell to 
the share of every branch of the Army. The Cavalry Brigades and Horse-Artillery 
Troop, detached every third day on Foraging Parties, were often out of Camp from 
day-break till dark, and always called for on occasions of convoy and escort duty. 
They endured great fatigue in the long pursuit of Meer Khan, and in the several 
attacks upon Holkar, besides doing much duty in protecting the Camp. The 
Infantry had to carry on the principal duties of the Camp and Trenches. With 
scarcely a relief from some daily duty, they had a share in all Foraging Parties and 
Convoy Escorts, and exclusively bore the brunt of the several assaults. The Artil¬ 
lery and Pioneers remained, day after day and night after night, constantly on 
duty. While the other branches of the Army had some occasional relief, and the 
Infantry in the Trenches were relieved daily, the Artillery and Pioneers, from the 


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extreme lowness of their number, both in Officers and Men, were harassed far 
beyond their strength, and had a prodigious share of exposure and fatigue. Finally, 
the situation in which the whole of the Troops was placed, was very trying; and 
it is not to be wondered at, that the spirit of some sank under it. It is indeed sur¬ 
prizing, that both the moral and physical strength of the Soldiery were not entirely 
exhausted, under all the discouraging circumstances of the Siege. 

The details of the Bhurtpore Siege will, it is hoped, evince, that deficiency of 
Siege material is as contrary to economy as it is fatal to humanity, and serve to 
inculcate Col. Jones’s maxim, that “ No policy at a Siege can be worse than 
beginning operations with a small quantity of materials, and making the attack 
keep place with the supply*.” In India, where success is the criterion of superiority, 
and where the tranquillity of our Empire depends solely upon the high opinion 
of our Military Prowess entertained by the Natives, our safety may be considered 
intimately connected with the result of every Siege ; no means therefore should be 
neglected, no efforts spared, to ensure success in such operations. 

[The foregoing Extracts have somewhat exceeded our calculation ; but greater compression would have 
divested the Siege of its real character. Except where relieved by successes over the confederate 
Armies, it is a tissue of perplexing checks and galling disasters—a catalogue of calamities sufficiently 
indicative of the arduous and unceasing difficulties which Lord Lake had to encounter. We shall 
close our Notice in his Lordship’s own words :] 

“ From the state of my battering train, and the want of necessary stores, it 
became impossible to prosecute the Siege of Bhurtpore immediately after the 
affair of the 21st of February. The guns had, in consequence of long and unremitted 
firing, become for the most part unserviceable; the whole of the Artillery stores in 
Camp had been expended, and a deficiency in the supply department rendered it 
necessary to obtain provisions previous to a recommencement of our operations. 
Besides these circumstances, the number of sick and wounded of my Army had 
accumulated to a considerable degree, and it became necessary, as well for their 
accommodation as to free the Army from a serious incumbrance, to send my hospital 
to Agra, as soon as possible. These considerations induced me to quit the position 
I had occupied, and move with my Army to the North-East face of the Fort of 
Bhurtpore on the 25th of February. In this situation, I commanded the roads 
leading to Agra, to Muttra, and to Deeg. Measures were immediately set on foot 
to repair the injury sustained by my battering guns, and convoys were at the same 
time detached to Deeg, Agra, and Muttra, for the purpose of obtaining such 
supplies of provisions and Military stores, as these places could afford. My Engineer 
Officers were employed in the construction of fascines and gabions, and the most 
vigorous exertions were made in every department, to enable me to resume the 


* “ Sieges in Spain.” 


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Siege. These preparations were, however, considerably retarded by the great 
distance of some of those stations from whence it was necessary to derive my 
Military stores. Agra and Muttra could not furnish these to the extent that was 
deemed necessary to ensure success to our future operations; I was obliged therefore 
to wait the arrival of supplies from the remote depots of Allahabad, Cawnpore, and 
Futtyghur. 

“ The Rajah of Bhurtpore, soon after the cessation of our operations against his 
Town, began to manifest a consciousness of his inability to oppose our power. 
The rapid reduction of Jeswunt Rao Holkar’s strength was every day more 
apparent, and he experienced the total inability of that Chief to afford him any 
support. The preparations which he saw making for the renewal of our operations, 
convinced him that his ruin, though delayed, must soon unavoidably overtake him. 

“ Runjeet Sing at first conveyed to me through different channels, his sense of 
contrition for his past conduct, his consciousness of the state of humiliation to which 
he was reduced, his desire to withdraw himself from his present Allies, and his 
earnest inclination to renew his connection with the British Government, provided 
a prospect of forgiveness and future protection was held out to him. 

“ An arrangement was concluded on the 10th of April, at which time my pre¬ 
parations for a renewal of operations against the Town and Fort of Bhurtpore had 
been completed, and I had actually taken up that position which was judged most 
favourable for a renewal of the attack. Though, however, the means which I 
now possessed left little doubt of the certainty of ultimate success, yet I had sufficient 
reason to be satisfied, that the differences with the Rajah of Bhurtpore had 
finally been adjusted in this amicable manner. The very advanced period of the 
season would have rendered the operations of a Siege extremely difficult, and 
Bhurtpore might still have protracted its defence for a considerable length of time. 
My Europeans employed on the duties of the Trenches, would have been exposed 
to the utmost severity of the hot winds, which must have been fatal to a great 
number, and so extensively injurious to the health of others, that my whole force 
would have been considerably weakened. Other considerations at this time ren¬ 
dered an accommodation with the Rajah of Bhurtpore a very desirable object. The 
importance of expelling Jeswunt Rao Holkar from Hindoostan, was sufficiently 
obvious; and this, notwithstanding the great diminution of his numbers, would 
have been difficult to effect, whilst Bhurtpore remained to him as a place of refuge 
and source of support.” 

THE END. 


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